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28th edition of the Dubai International Pharmaceutical Technologies Conference and Exhibition features more than 1,100 international companies Three-day event is expected to have a record attendance of 26,000 from 82 countries Multiple new products from top-name brands will be launched at the event Largest ever edition of the annual event reflects Dubai’s emergence as a major global hub for the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors

Introduction Specialty pharmaceuticals are one of the fastest-growing healthcare sectors with a substantial amount of spending by healthcare companies. Although there is no widely agreed-upon definition of specialty drugs, insurers and other health care payers typically define them as expensive prescription products requiring additional handling or administration (such as injection […]

Industrial Revolution 4.0: An Introduction The Industrial Revolution is the transition to a new manufacturing process, shifting the way business operates and use machinery. Technology and machinery have greatly shaped the way modern companies operate, manufacture, and distribute. Modern businesses work due to the fourth industrial revolution, also referred to […]

Hemophilia A is a genetic disorder quite prevalent across the globe affecting almost every patient population globally. Based on severity, hemophilia A can be classified into three stages: severe (<1% of FVIII in the blood), moderate (1–5% of FVIII in the blood), or mild (6–49% of FVIII in the blood. […]

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is growing in importance for the global pharmaceutical market. The blog highlights the recent developments in the MENA region and we will cover some of the key trends in the region and take a look at the future of the MENA region […]

You are all familiar with Emotional Intelligence (EI). Daniel Goleman describes emotional intelligence as a person’s ability to manage his own emotions and feelings so that those emotions and feelings are expressed appropriately and effectively. Goleman writes that emotional intelligence is the largest single predictor of success in the workplace. But what […]

A significant proportion of the population is affected by genetic disorders in the Arab world. According to the Catalogue for transmission genetics in Arab (CTGA), there are 451 genetic disorders in the combined Arab populations of Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Given the small populations involved, this […]

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death across the world. Furthermore, 1 in every 3 adults worldwide suffers from one or more chronic conditions. According to WHO projections, NCDs will account for more than 70% of all deaths worldwide by 2025, with developing countries accounting for 85% of […]

Introduction The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) pharmaceutical industry has had impressive growth in recent years and is predicted to reach about US$60 billion by 2025. Out of 19 countries in MENA Region, the pharmaceutical market of Bahrain remains the smallest while the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and […]

Neuroscientists enjoy organizing human thinking into two parts: right brain vs. left brain, rational vs. emotional, conscious vs. subconscious, and so on. The Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Daniel Kahneman, proposes something totally different. In his book “Thinking, Fast and Slow” he breaks up human thinking: fast vs. slow. He calls […]