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#CRR1 · Q1 2026
Foundations
Setting the shared baseline: what the UAE clinical research ecosystem looks like today, where the gaps are, and the principles that will guide the year's roundtables.
03 · Programme
Four roundtables. One annual event. A national platform.
The 2026 programme is structured as a cumulative arc — each themed roundtable feeds into the next, culminating in the annual flagship convening in January 2027.
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#CRR2 · Q2 2026
Institutional Readiness & Regulatory Enablement
How the UAE moves from capable to predictable — aligning hospitals, regulators and sponsors around shared standards for trial readiness and start-up timelines.
Hosted by
Dubai Science Park
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#CRR3 · Q3 2026
Industry & Academia Collaboration
Aligning universities, hospitals and industry around how UAE-based research becomes UAE-led trials — from investigator development and shared infrastructure to the working models that let academia and industry build together rather than in parallel.
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#CRR4 · Q4 2026
Investors & Scientific Ecosystems
Closing the loop between scientific opportunity and investable capital in the Gulf — what investors need from the ecosystem to confidently back early-stage healthcare innovation.
Separate initiative
Pharma Working Group
A separate initiative from the Roundtables, created to support pharma achievements across the year. Industry partners engaged on a year-round programme meet at the beginning of the year to identify pharma priorities and articulate them with regulators and government, alongside relevant stakeholders from research sites, investigators and patient voice.
- Separate from the Roundtables programme
- Beginning-of-year meeting to identify pharma priorities
- Dedicated to pharma priorities, articulated with regulators and government
Annual Flagship
Jan 2027
The UAE Clinical Research Event.
An invite-only evening dinner bringing together participants from the year's roundtables, alongside the wider ecosystem, to consolidate key findings, publish the national platform, and shape the 2027 agenda.
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