The Middle East\u2019s healthcare industry continues to evolve, driven by expanding hospital capacity, pharmaceutical localization, and the growing adoption of digital
and AI-enabled care. The MENA healthcare market reached $254 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow to $400 billion by 2032, according to Ken Research. Saudi Arabia is the region\u2019s largest market, accounting for 60% of GCC healthcare spending, with its healthcare market estimated at $68 billion in 2025.<\/p>\n
In 2026, Saudi Arabia\u2019s Health Holding Company continued implementing one of the world\u2019s largest healthcare transformations under Vision 2030, transferring 10 health clusters and 130,000 employees from Saudi Arabia\u2019s Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, Jamjoom Pharma acquired Pfizer\u2019s Saudi manufacturing facility, its fifth in the MEA region, and SPIMACO launched its biotechnology arm to localize advanced therapies.<\/p>\n
In the UAE, M42 launched the country\u2019s first genomics-driven clinical trial with the Department of Health \u2013 Abu Dhabi (DoH) and Halia Therapeutics. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi expanded AI-assisted diagnostics and robotic surgery. Meanwhile Qatar\u2019s main public healthcare provider, Hamad Medical Corporation, introduced Qatar\u2019s first robotic Whipple surgery, and advanced amyloid brain PET-CT imaging for early Alzheimer\u2019s detection. Forbes Middle East\u2019s Top Healthcare Executives 2026 features 100 entries across hospitals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology firms, medical devices, insurers, research
institutions, and integrated healthcare providers.<\/p>\n
Leading this year\u2019s ranking is Nasser Al Huqbani, CEO of Saudi Arabia\u2019s Health Holding Company (HHC), followed by Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi, managing director of Qatar\u2019s Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). As home to nearly 57 of the 100 entries, the UAE retains its dominance followed by Saudi Arabia with 27. Qatar accounted for five entries, while Egypt had four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Middle East\u2019s healthcare industry continues to evolve, driven by expanding hospital capacity, pharmaceutical localization, and the growing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[103,397,396,61,60],"class_list":["post-626214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}