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BMI: Middle East and Africa Pharma & Healthcare Insight (Jun-12)

2012-06-12 11:51:00 (читать в оригинале)

BMI View Increased investment in private healthcare infrastructure across the GCC region will increase standards of care, making it a more appealing destination for medical tourists. However, BMI is concerned that the sudden influx of capital into private healthcare, which investors currently view as a ‘cannot lose’ safe haven because of the region’s epidemiological profile and incentives for investment, could lead to an overcapacity bubble. This in turn will increase competition and drive down prices, which will be good for patients but bad for investors. It will take time for the region to gain a suitably strong reputation for elective procedures to attract high-income, predominantly Muslim, patients from the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Despite these risks, BMI maintains an optimistic stance on the UAE’s private healthcare market, especially towards hospitals that have an early-mover advantage, because of strong domestic demand from UAE nationals.BMI View In line with BMI’s view that public healthcare spending in Saudi Arabia would be greatly boosted by government initiatives in 2012, there was a flurry of activity in the public healthcare sector in Saudi Arabia at the start of the year. Concurrent with this trend, there has also been an increase in the number of private equitysponsored medical projects. With a large number of new hospitals being built or refurbished, BMI expects growth in healthcare and medical device expenditure to outpace pharmaceutical sales between 2011 and 2016.