As a leading player in the GCC Healthcare market, how does NMC look at the potential of this region?
For a comprehensive healthcare provider like us, healthcare business in the GCC holds tremendous potential. A rising population, access to world-class healthcare, ready acceptance to new and emerging advances in healthcare and above all, a continuous firm commitment to healthcare by all countries in the GCC signal sound potential for healthcare in the region. How supportive has been the government in facilitating the healthcare industry/ biotechnology? Could you mention a few instances of new policies and regulations in this respect? The United Arab Emirates is developing special parks that are providing the right environment for local companies to set up facilities. For instance, Neopharma located at the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi. Here the Zones Corp has supported us with all the basic infrastructure and continues to support expansion programmes. We also understand they are exploring the possibilities of setting up a biotech park in the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi. The objective o
