Explore the Fast Company Middle East’s Most Innovative Companies 2022 list; 42 organizations are reshaping their businesses and industries. We’ve selected the companies making the most significant impact with their initiatives across 25 categories, including the most innovative retail, emerging tech, and energy companies.

Healthcare companies are bringing care up to 21st-century standards, bringing it online and finding clever ways to bring down the cost. This year’s winner in the healthcare category combines offline and online healthcare for maximum success, launching telehealth and providing personalized preventive care.

ASTER DM HEALTHCARE

For making healthcare accessible

During the first wave of COVID-19, Aster DM Healthcare was one of the first private healthcare players in the UAE to introduce telehealth. The e-ICU model ensured the best critical care experts from different countries could come together to provide medical care to critically ill patients. It digitized consultation, diagnostics, patient admissions, management, discharge and follow-ups. 

The Aster Innovation and Research Center boosts innovation in drug discovery, diagnosis, genomics, and predictive healthcare. It teamed up with Siemens Healthineers for sustainable solutions in medical technology maintenance and life cycle management across multiple sites to optimize workflows and enhance clinical delivery.

G42 HEALTHCARE

For unlocking personalized healthcare

Deploying scalable Al solutions and harnessing Big Data, G42 unlocks the potential of personalized and preventive care in the UAE and beyond. It launched Research Organization and Solutions in the UAE for conducting research into new vaccines and drug therapies and brings targeted treatments to the market for the management of chronic conditions. It also built the Omics Center of Excellence to serve as the backbone of the Emirati Genome Program.