IMS Health Acquires Dimensions Healthcare LLC in the United Arab Emirates

Acquisition Establishes IMS Health as a Leader in the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industries Within the UAE

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES--()--IMS Health (NYSE:IMS), a leading global provider of information and technology services to the healthcare and life sciences industries, today announced completion of its acquisition of Dimensions Healthcare, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company which provides high quality healthcare systems to payers, providers and regulatory bodies. Details about the agreement have not been disclosed publicly.

This transaction establishes IMS Health as a market leader for the entire UAE healthcare and life sciences market, serving not only pharmaceutical companies but also payers, providers and government stakeholders.

Dimensions Healthcare was established in 2008 and achieved rapid growth by taking a holistic approach to the delivery of health technology, developing proprietary systems for medication dispensing, healthcare information management and clinical decision support. Dimensions Healthcare is central to the delivery of effective healthcare within the UAE, as the architect of Dubai’s comprehensive electronic health insurance platform, which manages patient claims for more than 65 payers.

“This is a significant moment in our growth as a global leader in the healthcare technology industry; today we have gained a comprehensive understanding of the Middle East market from all angles and can now accelerate our expansion plans, offering world class systems and services to new customers across the region,” said Alistair Grenfell, IMS Health President for North Europe, Middle East, South Asia and Africa.

Earlier this year, Dimensions Healthcare introduced the next evolution of its products by offering local cloud-based functionality, with a promise to customers that global cloud connectivity was on its way in 2017.

“Today’s transaction will enable Dimensions Healthcare’s vision to be realised, giving UAE payers, providers and regulators immediate access to the global knowledgebase that only IMS Health can offer,” said Dr. Omar Ghosheh, Founder and CEO of Dimensions Healthcare.

Dr. Ghosheh will continue to lead the Dimensions Healthcare business as part of IMS Health.

About IMS Health

IMS Health is a leading global information and technology services company providing clients in the healthcare industry with end-to-end solutions to measure and improve their performance. Our 7,500 services experts connect configurable SaaS applications to 10+ petabytes of complex healthcare data in the IMS One™ cloud platform, delivering unique insights into diseases, treatments, costs and outcomes. The company’s 15,000 employees blend global consistency and local market knowledge across 100 countries to help clients run their operations more efficiently. Customers include pharmaceutical, consumer health and medical device manufacturers and distributors, providers, payers, government agencies, policymakers, researchers and the financial community.

As a global leader in protecting individual patient privacy, IMS Health uses anonymous healthcare data to deliver critical, real-world disease and treatment insights. These insights help biotech and pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, government agencies, payers and other healthcare stakeholders to identify unmet treatment needs and understand the effectiveness and value of pharmaceutical products in improving overall health outcomes. Additional information is available at www.imshealth.com.

Contacts

IMS Health
Tor Constantino, 1.484.567.6732
tconstantino@us.imshealth.com

Contacts

IMS Health
Tor Constantino, 1.484.567.6732
tconstantino@us.imshealth.com