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Zavis Data

Monthly indices on UAE, GCC and global healthcare, built from the UAE Open Healthcare Directory, public registers, medicines regulators' records and search data. Each edition states its source, method and limits, and every number in it comes from the data.

UAE Patient Demand Monitor

What people in the UAE search for on Google when they look for healthcare: demand by specialty, city, insurer, language and intent, and the fastest-rising care searches.

Published monthly, from the 4th. Source: Google Search Console data for searches that showed a page of the UAE Open Healthcare Directory.

  1. Latest edition · 19 October 2026Pharmacies drew 180,843 Google impressions, the most of any specialty in the UAEThe search "24 hour walk in clinic near me" drew 2,318 impressions, up from 94 in the previous 28 days, Zavis analysis shows.
    Download the data: Search demand by specialty (CSV) · Search demand by city named in the search (CSV) · Insurers named in healthcare searches (CSV) · Fastest-rising care searches (CSV) · full edition (JSON).Cite as: Zavis, UAE Patient Demand Monitor, 19 September 2026 to 16 October 2026, compared with the previous 28 days.

UAE After-hours Care Index

Where patients can be seen at night: the share of licensed facilities open 24/7 or late, by city, neighbourhood and type of facility, and busy areas with no round-the-clock option.

Published monthly, from the 9th. Source: Opening hours published by each facility on its Google Business listing.

  1. Latest edition · 19 October 2026Only 9.4% of UAE health facilities with published hours are open 24/7Round-the-clock opening is concentrated in hospitals and pharmacies. Just 3.2% of general clinics and polyclinics and 1.7% of dental clinics list 24/7 hours.
    Download the data: After-hours access by city (CSV) · Round-the-clock share by type of facility (CSV) · Neighbourhoods with the most 24/7 facilities (CSV) · Busy neighbourhoods with no 24/7 facility listed (CSV) · 24-hour pharmacies by city (CSV) · full edition (JSON).Cite as: Zavis, UAE After-hours Care Index, opening hours as published on 19 October 2026.

Global Medicines Approvals Monitor

The new medicines approved in the US and authorised or recommended in the EU each month, and which of them were tested at clinical trial sites in the Gulf.

Published monthly, from the 11th. Source: openFDA (US Food and Drug Administration), the European Medicines Agency's medicines data and ClinicalTrials.gov.

  1. Latest edition · 19 October 2026Just 1 of 19 matched new substances from US and EU regulators had a Gulf trial siteCamizestrant was the only one, with 2 registered studies at sites in the UAE. The US approved 9 new molecular entities and new biologics in September, 6 of them under priority review.
    Download the data: New medicines cleared in the US and EU, by route (CSV) · New molecular entities and new biologics approved in the US, September 2026 (CSV) · Substances authorised in the EU for the first time, September 2026 (CSV) · Opinions adopted by EMA's human medicines committee (CHMP), September 2026 (CSV) · Registered studies of September 2026's new substances with a site in each GCC country (CSV) · Registered studies with a GCC site, for September 2026's new substances (CSV) · full edition (JSON).Cite as: Zavis, Global Medicines Approvals Monitor, decisions dated September 2026, compared with August 2026; registries read on 19 October 2026.

UAE Patient Experience Index

How patients rate licensed UAE healthcare facilities on Google, by type of facility and city, with the most-reviewed and highest-rated facilities.

Published monthly, from the 14th. Source: Google ratings and review counts of licensed facilities with at least 10 reviews.

  1. Latest edition · 19 October 2026Dental clinics rated 4.5 or higher at 88.3%, hospitals and medical centers at 58.5%In Dubai, 80.8% of rated facilities score 4.5 or higher on Google, against 59.9% in Abu Dhabi, the Zavis UAE Patient Experience Index shows.
    Download the data: Ratings by type of facility (CSV) · Ratings by city (CSV) · Most-reviewed facilities (CSV) · Highest-rated facilities with 500+ reviews (CSV) · full edition (JSON).Cite as: Zavis, UAE Patient Experience Index, Google ratings read between April 2026 and October 2026.

Dubai Licensed Workforce Monitor

Dubai's licensed healthcare workforce: professionals by licence type and specialty, and the facilities with the most licensed staff.

Published monthly, from the 19th. Source: Dubai's public healthcare professional licensing register.

  1. Latest edition · 19 October 2026Dubai's healthcare register lists 31,900 professionals, with 20,501 on full-time licencesGeneral practice accounts for 24.6% of full-time licences. The twenty largest facilities hold 25.4% of them, Zavis analysis of the public licensing register shows.
    Download the data: Professionals by licence type (CSV) · Largest specialties (CSV) · Facilities with the most full-time licensed professionals (CSV) · full edition (JSON).Cite as: Zavis, Dubai Licensed Workforce Monitor, register as indexed on 19 October 2026.

GCC Clinical Trials Monitor

The Gulf's clinical research pipeline: trials with sites in each GCC country, active UAE trials by phase, condition, sponsor and site, and newly registered studies.

Published monthly, from the 24th. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine).

The first edition is in preparation.