UAE laboratories must adopt technology to drive automation and collaboration, says Medlab Middle East research

UAE laboratories must adopt technology to drive automation and collaboration, says Medlab Middle East research

- The demand for faster, more accurate, cost-effective and intuitive test kits will push laboratories in the region to increasingly adopt technology that drives higher degrees of automation and collaboration within the lab

- More than 20,000 medical laboratory trade professionals are expected to attend Medlab Middle East, where the top trends influencing the clinical laboratory market will be discussed

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Medlab Middle East, the MENA region’s largest medical laboratory exhibition and congress, which returns to the Dubai World Trade Centre from 6 – 9 February, has revealed the top trends influencing clinical laboratory markets in the UAE and globally, according to a new report published ahead of the 2023 edition of the show.

With clinical laboratories taking centre stage during COVID-19 by developing tests, collaborating with a diverse group of stakeholders, ramping up test activity, throughput and efficiency, and servicing patients virtually by telehealth, a new report developed on behalf of Medlab Middle East by Frost & Sullivan titled Global clinical laboratory trends, has identified the key factors set to impact the clinical laboratory market going forward.

According to the report, personalised medicine, complex testing, RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq), the expedition of drug development and analytics through clinical trials, accelerated consumerisation,