UAE Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi ranks as the UAE’s best hospital, in the top 150 globally, and recently opened a new comprehensive state-of-the-art cancer centre. CEO Dr Jorge A. Guzman outlines how the hospital’s focus on providing complex, quality, patient-centric care is a key differentiator, its role in raising standards of…
Egypt All the latest news stories from Egypt’s healthcare and life sciences industry, including Egypt’s health insurance authority’s plans to add 100 new medical services, how the COVID-19 Omicron variant threatens to overwhelm the country’s healthcare system, and a new tie-up between Siemens Healthineers and Alameda Group. Egypt’s health insurance…
UAE One year after King’s College Hospital’s establishment in the UAE, CEO Christian Schuhmacher discusses the hospital’s unique approach of combining the best of British healthcare with UAE’s superior services. He discusses why Dubai is an attractive destination for medical tourism, the benefits of patient pathway guidelines and where he hopes…
Thailand PharmaBoardroom’s latest report: Healthcare & Life Sciences Review: Thailand is available for download now. Thailand is in the midst of an economic transformation with healthcare at its heart. With four years of around three-four percent annual GDP growth behind it, ASEAN’s second-largest economy has implemented an ‘Industry 4.0’ policy through which…
Puerto Rico Dr Rafael Rodríguez Mercado, Secretary of Health for Puerto Rico, explains the priorities his administration has put in place, the impact of Hurricane Maria on the Puerto Rican healthcare system, and the next crucial rebuilding steps. The next challenge that we have will be regarding accountability, in other words,…
Thailand Thailand was the world’s fourth-largest medical tourism destination in 2017, with a market value of around USD 600 million. Made with Visme Infographic Maker
Egypt Egypt has found a way to profit from the country’s access to cheap Hep C drugs by offering package holidays to tourists suffering from the disease, but the ‘tour and cure’ model raises numerous questions. Egypt has a long history struggling with Hepatitis C (HCV) that started in the…
Malaysia Click here to download the Healthcare & Life Sciences Review Malaysia 2018. After recent elections conducted in May 2018 saw Mahathir Mohamad returning as Prime Minister after 15 years to seal a historic victory, Malaysia is again back on its feet. Bolstered by well-established institutions, a fully-functional IP framework and strong…
Malaysia Sherene Azli, CEO of the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC), introduces this unique organization in charge of promoting Malaysia internationally as the ‘Cardiology and Fertility Hub of Asia’ and explains the advantages of receiving medical treatment in Malaysia. Our main goal is to establish Malaysia as the leading global…
Turkey With the construction of state-of-the-art public and private hospitals, Turkey is poised to become a global leader in medical tourism. Turkey has always been a popular tourist destination, given its unrivaled history and cultural appeal, and now, after years of large-scale investments by both the private and public sector,…
Cyprus With a population of just 1.2 million and a proportionately small pharmaceutical market by EU standards, Cyprus is often overlooked as a healthcare and life sciences investment destination. However, with the island now on the road to economic recovery following the EUR ten billion IMF-ECB-EU troika bailout in 2013, an…
Turkey Emin Çakmak, chairman of the Turkish Healthcare Travel Council, offers deep insights into the healthcare travel industry and how it stretches beyond the commonly used term of “medical tourism”. Çakmak also elaborates on the current dynamics of the industry in Turkey, the features that have made the country a choice…
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