Abu Dhabi Investment Office has collaborated with Innovaccer, a health cloud company, to improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of health care in the UAE and across the Middle East. Under the deal, Adio, the government body responsible for attracting investment, will provide Innovaccer with financial and non-financial incentives to help it establish its regional headquarters and a research and development hub in Abu Dhabi.
The incentives will be part of Adio’s Dh2 billion ($545 million) Innovation Programme.
“Health care and biopharma are two key sectors we want to focus on as part of developing priority sectors for Abu Dhabi. This is our first healthcare deal and one of the many in the pipeline we are looking to deliver on,” Abdulla AlShamsi, acting director general of Adio, told The National.
“Innovaccer is a big name in healthcare cloud data activation that provides connectivity across multiple healthcare services. Their knowledge and database have the potential to boost the local talent ecosystem while improving the quality and affordability of health care in the region.”
By setting up in Abu Dhabi, Innovaccer will accelerate the pace of healthcare innovation in the UAE and the region wit its health cloud, data activation platform, healthcare technology solutions and expertise to local communities, Mr AlShamsi said.
As part of the deal, Innovaccer will partner with local universities in Abu Dhabi on conferences, presentations and research.
“Making their physical presence in Abu Dhabi will boost the emirate’s talent ecosystem and facilitate knowledge transfer,” Mr AlShamsi said.
Founded in 2014, Innovaccer, a San Francisco-based healthcare technology company, has built a health cloud software platform used by healthcare organisations.
“In this deal, we are talking about boots on the ground. With Innovaccer basing more than 80 high-skilled employees in Abu Dhabi, we see greater opportunities for collaboration with universities and local businesses resulting in job creation,” Mr AlShamsi said.
