HealthBeats Podcast
The official podcast of Abu Dhabi Global Health Week, HealthBeats is your ultimate source for transformative insights into the future of global healthcare. Through engaging conversations with industry pioneers, policymakers, and changemakers, HealthBeats highlights how innovation, collaboration, and forward-thinking policies are shaping the next generation of healthcare.
25 July 2025
The medicine journey - how new drugs are developed and brought to market #Ep.31
In this episode of the HealthBeats podcast, Martin Price, Vice President of Health Economics, Market Access and Reimbursement at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, EMEA, shares insights into the complex journey of bringing new medications to market. From early discovery, testing and regulation for new medications, this episode explores how innovation meets real-world access in today's healthcare landscape.
18 July 2025
Unlocking the Power of the Genome: Precision Medicine & the Future of Biopharma. #Ep.30
In this episode, Steve Gardner sits down with Paul Jones, CEO of Biopharma Solutions at M42, to explore the transformative potential of genomic science across the biopharma value chain and more. From large-scale DNA sequencing to the real-world applications of genomics in personalising medicine, Paul shares how this powerful technology is reshaping drug development, disease prediction, and clinical trials.
11 July 2025
What’s in an Emirate? Abu Dhabi’s ambition to be a destination of choice for health and life sciences investment. #Ep.29
Elodie Robin-Guillerm, Head of Global Clusters at the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), shares how Abu Dhabi is positioning itself as a global centre of excellence in health and life sciences, and why the Emirate is becoming a destination of choice for forward-thinking investors.
04 July 2025
The Customer is King, why patient experience comes first. #Ep.28
In this episode, we’re joined by Alan Dubovsky, Chief Patient Experience Officer at Cedars-Sinai, and Noha Hacach, Regional Managing Director, for a deep dive into how Cedars-Sinai’s renowned patient experience programme in the United States is being adapted for the Middle East.The Future of Digital Health Isn't Digital - It's Human. Unlocking the Power of Hybrid Healthcare
Check out this sneak peek as we sit down with Ali Hashemi, CEO and founder of meta[bolic], to discuss the future of digital health and why he believes it will be defined by hybrid models that blend virtual and in-person care. Hashemi shares his vision for human-centered digital health tools that empower patients and providers, not replace them. We explore the potential of hybrid healthcare to improve outcomes, lower costs, and restore the human element to medicine.
