UAE Rémy Levastre leads professional services firm WSP’s healthcare advisory services in the Middle East. Drawing on a diverse set of professional experiences, Levastre evaluates the influx and impact of cutting-edge digital tools into healthcare in his region, the opportunities and barriers to creating excellence in Middle East healthcare, and WSP’s…
Italy Medtronic’s Michele Perrino, Regional VP North Western Europe & Italy, Cardiovascular Commercial Partnership WE, outlines the company’s change in positioning from medtech to healthcare technology and the central role of Europe in that shift. He also comments on the trend towards centralised hospital purchasing and the company’s ambition to contribute…
Italy Chairman & Managing Director of B. Braun Milano, Klaus D. Pannes, shares the importance of the German medtech’s Italian affiliate, one of its top ten by third-party sales, which is celebrating its 100 year anniversary this year. He also describes how B. Braun is working to overcome the challenges of…
Olympus Olympus is a 100-year-old technology company that has revolutionised the world of cameras since 1919, and recently underwent a transformation shifting its focus entirely to MedTech. Ronald Boueri, Regional Division Manager for Middle East and Africa region sheds light on the company presence regionally, as well as efforts to position…
MEA The Middle East and Africa (MEA) medtech market is expected to grow from a value of USD 16.6 billion in 2019 to USD 21.8 billion at a CAGR of 3.6 percent by 2027, according to Business Market Insights. Read on for five crucial trends impacting MEA medtech and how the…
UAE Maher Abouzeid gives his expert insights into the key trends underway in the Middle Eastern medtech industry, including growing numbers of PPPs, the rise of the digital hospital post-COVID, and greater interaction with the pharma sector. The positive side of COVID is that it helped accelerate the transformation of…
UAE Tarek El Rahbani, Senior Regional Director for EMEA Growth Emerging Markets – South at Boston Scientific, highlights the transformation of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s medical technology market, the implications of having subregions with some of the highest demand for new technology in the world under the…
Spain Ignacio Vega, CEO of Cardiva and Cardivais, a Spanish medtech producer and distributor, explains how, as a manufacturer of PPE, the company had to reconfigure its production operations to supply the Spanish and European markets during the COVID-19 pandemic. After commenting on the company’s presence in Spain, Italy, Portugal and…
Spain Margarita Alfonsel, general secretary of Fenin, the Spanish Federation of Healthcare Technology Companies, reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic, the changing dynamics of the medical technology industry in Spain, and comments on key policy changes that Fenin’s members are advocating for. The pandemic has put [the medtech] sector in the…
MEA On International Women’s Day 2022, Inna Nadelwais, executive director at Middle East and Africa medtech trade association Mecomed, examines the road still to travel towards true gender parity in the MEA medtech workforce, and why diversity, inclusion, and equality in the workplace benefits all parties. The MEA region continues…
Saudi Arabia The Saudi medtech market was valued at USD 2.25 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach USD 3.87 billion at a CAGR of 9.5 percent by 2023, according to Market Research Future. Like other parts of the Saudi healthcare continuum, the country’s medtech industry is extremely dynamic and changing…
Saudi Arabia Mecomed is the largest medical devices, imaging, and diagnostics trade association in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). Rami Rajab, chairman, highlights the role of the association in shaping the region’s regulatory environment and industry code of conduct, the giant transformation that digital health has brought about, and explains how…
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