Kuwait
Industry
In line with our core view that emerging markets will drive industry growth, Qatar First Investment Bank (QFIB) and Dubai-based Ithmar Capital, a regional private equity firm, have...
2010-06-15Industry
Kuwait's Minister of Health has announced that medicines prices for 5,000 essential drugs will be reduced by 5%, adding that prices in the sector will be reviewed every six months....
2010-04-09Industry
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region's pharmaceutical market will be worth US$7.6bn by 2014 and US$9.6bn by 2019. The largest market by value will still be Saudi Arabia, contributing...
2010-02-02Industry
Kuwait's Ministry of Health may be preparing radically to reduce medicine prices in the country, by as much as 45%. This would put prices more in line with other markets in the region,...
2010-01-14Companies
Jordan's leading generic drugmaker Hikma is exploring possible partnerships with Western drugmakers in the Middle East to fully take advantage of its stronghold in the region and...
2009-08-28Industry
Complications arising from cancer and chemotherapy are causing 13% of deaths in Jordan, according to Zawya. The King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC) revealed that the mortality rate...
2009-08-17Industry
The Iraqi government is in the process of finalising a trade agreement over the importing of pharmaceuticals from Jordan. We believe that this indicates major progress for Iraq's...
2009-06-22Industry
According to local news source Jordan Times, pharmaceutical exports from Jordan experienced a setback in Q109 compared with Q108, indicated by a 22.6% drop in export revenues. BMI...
2009-06-19
