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ABU DHABI, UAE, Oct. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Division of Well being – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector within the emirate, has concluded its inaugural well being and life sciences mission to China, advancing precedence areas of collaboration designed to speed up the interpretation of scientific and technological innovation into higher well being outcomes. The mission introduced Abu Dhabi’s well being and life sciences ecosystem along with main Chinese language healthcare establishments, universities and innovators by way of 32 conferences and web site visits throughout Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Abu Dhabi Well being Delegation Concludes Inaugural Go to to China, Opening New Pathways to Advance AI, Precision Medication and Subsequent-Gen Therapies
Shifting past expertise change, discussions recognized alternatives to attach China’s scientific, technological and manufacturing capabilities with the Emirate’s built-in healthcare ecosystem, population-scale knowledge and genomics, scientific infrastructure and agile regulatory atmosphere.
H.E. Dr. Noura Khamis Al Ghaithi, Undersecretary of DoH, mentioned: “Shaping the way forward for healthcare requires well being ecosystems to attach scientific discovery and proof with efficient implementation and entry to care. Innovation alone can not rework healthcare. China brings distinctive scientific, technological and manufacturing capabilities, whereas Abu Dhabi affords an built-in atmosphere the place innovation will be developed, validated, utilized and responsibly scaled. Via this mission, we have now recognized clear alternatives to mix these strengths throughout synthetic intelligence, precision drugs, superior therapies and diagnostics.”
Throughout engagements with main biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms, the delegation explored alternatives to speed up the event and accessibility of next-generation therapies. Discussions spanning superior cell therapies, biologics, drug discovery and organoid-based analysis examined alternatives for scientific analysis, proof technology and information switch. The mission additionally explored how Abu Dhabi’s various affected person inhabitants, genomic capabilities and scientific analysis atmosphere might help the validation of therapies throughout completely different populations and assist shorten the pathway from scientific discovery to affected person entry.
Via engagements spanning AI-native hospitals, surgical robotics, laboratory automation, superior imaging and brain-computer interfaces, discussions explored potential pathways for scientific analysis, joint improvement, specialised coaching and accountable expertise adoption. This included alternatives to maneuver past particular person AI functions in the direction of related healthcare intelligence throughout the affected person journey, in addition to exploring how superior surgical and diagnostic applied sciences might be validated inside Abu Dhabi’s scientific atmosphere and doubtlessly scaled internationally.
Precision oncology was one other main focus, with engagements exploring how superior molecular diagnostics, imaging, genomics and AI might rework the most cancers pathway from earlier screening and prognosis by way of therapy choice and recurrence monitoring. Discussions thought-about how Chinese language diagnostic innovation might join with Abu Dhabi’s genomic, health-data and scientific analysis infrastructure to validate rising applied sciences throughout various populations, generate new proof and speed up their integration into scientific apply.
Constructing on Abu Dhabi’s present genomics and biobanking capabilities, engagements additionally explored alternatives to attach population-scale organic knowledge with superior multi-omics, AI and analysis capabilities. Potential areas of collaboration embrace deepening understanding of ailments affecting native populations, supporting earlier identification of well being dangers, shortening diagnostic journeys for uncommon ailments and accelerating the event of extra exact diagnostics, therapies and prevention methods.
