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healthcare-regulation

5 articles

Dubai licence calculator adds 5% rent line: what clinic founders still owe DHA

Dubai’s calculator helps founders model DET licence fees. Clinic operators still need a separate DHA cost plan before opening.

6 Sept 2026 · 3 min read

Dubai licence calculator adds 5% rent line: what clinic founders still owe DHA

Regulatory & Policy

UAE raises drug penalties to AED 50,000 fines and 5-year prison terms for controlled substance violations

Amended Federal Decree-Law No. 30 raises narcotics penalties to AED 50,000 and five years imprisonment, creating immediate compliance exposure for hospitals and pharmacies across all seven emirates.

15 Apr 2026 · 3 min read

UAE raises drug penalties to AED 50,000 fines and 5-year prison terms for controlled substance violations

Regulatory & PolicyBreaking

Abu Dhabi ties licence renewals to worker-level safety certification across 3,800+ healthcare facilities

Abu Dhabi's Department of Health now requires individual competency credentials for every safety-critical role, with non-compliance penalties linked directly to facility licence renewals.

9 Apr 2026 · 3 min read

Abu Dhabi ties licence renewals to worker-level safety certification across 3,800+ healthcare facilities

Market Intelligence

UAE's 189 private hospitals publish zero financial data. Canada just released all of theirs.

Canada published hospital-level deficit data for every facility by name this week. The UAE's 189 private hospitals, generating AED 28.7 billion in revenue, have no equivalent public disclosure requirement.

7 Apr 2026 · 3 min read

UAE's 189 private hospitals publish zero financial data. Canada just released all of theirs.

Regulatory & Policy

UAE's new pharmacy law imposes fines up to AED 1 million for medicine violations

Federal Decree-Law No. 13 of 2024 overhauls pharmaceutical regulation across all seven emirates, with penalties reaching AED 1 million for unlicensed drug sales.

6 Apr 2026 · 3 min read

UAE's new pharmacy law imposes fines up to AED 1 million for medicine violations