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MapAbu Dhabi Future Health Summit 2026 Concludes With AI Drug Discovery and Clinical Research Partnerships
“The five-day congress, running from November 9 to 13 at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi”
“put a Malaffi AI assistant in the hands of every physician in the emirate.”
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Concluded with research partnerships in drug discovery and clinical research. Launching a Clinical Artificial Intelligence Framework and a Health Data and Genomics Research Environment.
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AI for prediction and prevention
CNN’s Becky Anderson explored how Abu Dhabi is reimagining healthcare with technology aimed at predicting illness, preventing disease, and transforming treatment. Zawya said the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit 2026 concluded with agreements and initiatives in drug discovery, clinical research, preventive and reproductive health, and research and entrepreneurship programs that would continue collaboration after the summit. The Health Authority-Abu Dhabi signed an agreement with Isomorphik Labs to employ artificial intelligence in drug discovery, and it also signed an agreement with AstraZeneca and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi to broaden clinical research, aiming to conduct up to 30 clinical studies by 2030.
The department launched the Clinical AI Practice Framework to guide research and establish future regulatory foundations for AI-based autonomous clinical practices, and it launched a trusted research environment enabling research using health and genomic data within a secure setting. مكتب أبوظبي الإعلامي said the summit attracted more than 17,300 visitors from 85 countries and brought together health sector leaders, researchers, policymakers, investors, and innovators to discuss practical steps to link scientific progress with healthcare and strengthen the ability to monitor risks and intervene early.
Malaffi AI assistant for doctors
Tbreak UAE said Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health added a Malaffi AI assistant to every physician in the emirate, with the aim of reducing the time doctors spend searching for information by hand. Doctors can use the assistant to pull details from a patient’s medical record, generate a concise summary of their health history, and get answers to questions about it. Malaffi, Arabic for “my file,” is the shared system that lets Abu Dhabi’s hospitals and clinics see the same patient record, and it said the assistant draws on health information for more than 14 million patients and over four billion clinical records.
Abu Dhabi Health Data Services said the assistant facilitates access for authorised users, “while maintaining data protection requirements and approved access permissions.” M42 will keep developing and evaluating the assistant with healthcare professionals, “preserving the physician’s central role in reviewing information and making clinical decisions.”
Military medicine congress showcases tech
العين الإخبارية said the 46th World Congress of Military Medicine-Abu Dhabi 2026 opened its accompanying exhibition and scientific sessions on its second day at the Adnec Abu Dhabi Exhibition Centre. The exhibition, running through November 13, featured more than 120 companies and display platforms highlighting digital applications and artificial intelligence technologies, and it said the congress included 15 main and parallel scientific sessions on the second day. National Ambulance demonstrated AI simulations, virtual reality training, and real-time patient monitoring technologies at the congress, and it described a five-day congress running from November 9 to 13 at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi.
National Ambulance showcased an interactive mass casualty incident simulation that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) to train emergency medical professionals in handling complex emergency situations. The exhibition featured a remote medical monitoring and intervention system that transmits patients’ vital signs in real time from ambulances to physicians at the Ambulance Communication Centre (ACC).