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Forbes Middle East Reveals the Region’s Top Healthcare Leaders 2025

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Meet the industry leaders driving innovation in MENA’s Healthcare Landscape

  • U.A.E.-based leaders constitute over 46% of the two lists, with 70 entries.
  • Saudi Arabia follows with 43, while Qatar and Egypt are home to 10 of the entries each.
  • Hospitals represent the biggest sector with 46 leaders, followed by Pharmaceuticals with 38.

Dubai, U.A.E. – October 20, 2025: Forbes Middle East has revealed its annual rankings of the region’s Top Healthcare Leaders for 2025, through two rankings. The first recognizes 50 founders and shareholders redefining the Middle East’s healthcare ecosystem, while the second highlights the 100 executives and CEOs leading its largest and most influential companies.

To curate the two rankings, Forbes Middle East evaluated several factors, including the size of the company, the leader and the company’s impact on the region’s healthcare sector, innovative initiatives and achievements over the past year, the experience of the leader in the sector, diversity of operations, level of transparency, and sustainability and CSR initiatives, and ownership percentage in the company for the shareholders list, among others.

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The 1st International Symposium on Precision Diagnostics in Molecular Allergy (PDMA UAE)

The 1st International Symposium on Precision Diagnostics in Molecular Allergy (PDMA UAE) Kicks Off in Dubai to Discuss the Latest Advances in Allergy Diagnosis and Treatment

Dubai – October 21, 2025
The 1st International Symposium on Precision Diagnostics in Molecular Allergy(PDMA UAE) kicked off today in Dubai, bringing together leading physicians and specialists in allergy and immunology from around the world to discuss the latest advancements in diagnosis and treatment. The event follows previous successful editions held in Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.

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PureHealth Secures Leading ESG Rankings and Cuts Emissions Intensity by 37%, Setting New Regional Bench marks in Sustainable Healthcare

2024 Sustainability Report highlights strong year-on-year gains across key ESG metrics and progress towardsthe Group’s Net Zero by 2040 goal

Abu Dhabi, UAE – 21October 2025: PureHealth, the largest healthcare group in the Middle East, has set new benchmarks for sustainable healthcare, achievingmeasurable progress in climate action, social impact, workforce empowerment and national value creation, as detailed in its newly published 2024 Sustainability Report. The Group secured the highest possibleenvironmental, social and governance (ESG) rating – AAA –from independent index provider MSCI, placing it among the top 10% of healthcare organisations globallyfor sustainability performance.

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Exercise: The Powerful, Underused ‘Medicine’ for Blood Sugar Control

10-Minutes Post-Meal walk could be the key to better Diabetes Management, says RAK Hospital expert

RAK Diabetes Challenge’s ‘Diabeat’ webinar with Dr. ShahdanKotb highlights how small, consistent lifestyle changes can lead to big health gains

Dr. Shahdan Kotb, Specialist Physiatrist at RAK Hospital

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Orchid Fertility Highlights the Critical Role of Fertility Preservation before Cancer Treatment

Advanced cryopreservation techniques offer young cancer patients the chance to build families after treatment

Egg Freezing Before Cancer Treatment Gives Young Women Hope for Future Motherhood

Dubai, UAE — 15 October 2025: As October shines a global spotlight on breast cancer awareness, Orchid Fertility is drawing attention to an often-overlooked but life-changing aspect of cancer care — fertility preservation. For many young women and men, a cancer diagnosis arrives during their prime reproductive years, and the very treatments that save their lives — such as chemotherapy and radiation, can also put their dreams of parenthood at risk.

Fertility preservation, also known as cryopreservation, allows individuals to freeze eggs, sperm, or embryos before starting cancer treatment, giving them the possibility of having biological children in the future more easily. While conversations around early detection and treatment have become more widespread, fertility preservation is still not discussed as routinely as it should be,something Orchid Fertility is determined to change.

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