A Cairo-based healthtech startup focused on providing mental health services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has just secured one of the largest investment rounds for its sector in the region.
O7 Therapy – a digital platform and smartphone app that specialises in online therapy, corporate wellness programmes, and psychoeducational resources for “Arabic-speaking users” – has raised a...
Germany’s Bayer has launched Saudi Arabia’s first “digital hub” to improve management of pulmonary hypertension (PH), it has announced.
The AAN Digital Hub – reportedly designed to address gaps in diagnosis and treatment of the condition during the COVID-19 pandemic – focuses on facilitating virtual referrals for patients, as well as enabling knowledge exchange between primary physicians and...
A Tel Aviv-based healthtech company has been brought in as a strategic partner by Dubai’s Seed Group, it has been announced.
As a result of this new partnership, Healthy.io – known for its capabilities to transform a smartphone into a medical device – will expand its operations in the GCC and wider region by setting up a base in Dubai in the first instance. The company, founded in 2013, currently...
Baheya Foundation – an Egyptian non-profit that provides breast cancer treatment free of charge – has partnered with GE Healthcare to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve outcomes in patients.
According to GE Healthcare, it is working with the foundation and its hospital to “develop and validate the use of AI to assess and predict the response of neoadjuvant therapy” in...
A Nigeria-based company has just secured one of the largest funding rounds for an African healthtech venture to date.
Reliance Health, a digital health insurance provider that uses technology and data science to transform all aspects of the health insurance experience – from purchasing premiums to accessing care, for example – has closed a total of $40 million (€35 million) in Series B funding....
Abu Dhabi’s ADQ has kicked off the new year with one of its biggest healthcare mergers yet.
The asset owner and investor – considered one of the GCC’s largest holding companies – has announced that it has entered into an agreement to “consolidate several companies within Pure Health”, a UAE-based integrated healthcare solutions provider.
Companies set to become part of Pure Health include Abu...
Women’s wellness and menstrual health are the key drivers of the femtech sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a new report has found. But plenty of untapped opportunities – and challenges – remain.
According to Q4 2021 analysis released by FemTech Analytics – a subsidiary of the UK-based Deep Knowledge Group – e-commerce platforms targeting these two categories of women’s healthcare are at...
A new COVID-19 modelling tool, which aims to boost visitor safety during Expo 2020 Dubai, has been unveiled by the Department of Health (DoH) Abu Dhabi.
Nicknamed the “Expo 2020 Model”, the epidemiological testing tool reportedly assesses the real-time risk of further spread of the coronavirus, if any, alerting health authorities of any causes for concern. The tool allows the sector to “generate...
A Swiss technology company that specialises in smart containers for the sustainable transportation of pharmaceutical products, has just received significant investment from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in a strategic round to increase growth in the Middle East and Far East regions.
SkyCell, which was founded in 2012, has secured $34.8 million (CHF 32 million) in Series C funding, in a...
Remote continuous data monitoring – a personalised, tech-focused approach to diabetes management employed by one Dubai-based specialist clinic – continues to demonstrate positive results in its patients, it has been confirmed.
Six months since the release of its first report showcasing preliminary outcomes of its care model, GluCare Integrated Diabetes Center has now published a second set of...
.jpeg?itok=u8i-9dky "Developed by researchers from Khalifa University, the “Expo 2020 Model” uses a series of data to reportedly assess safety for those visiting the World Expo event in Dubai.")
.jpg?itok=VK-bK2jP "The Dubai-based GluCare Integrated Diabetes Center has published a second set of clinical results revealing further reduction of haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in its patients.")
