Lean strengthens its global footprint with scientific achievements, strategic partnerships
Lean Business Services — the Kingdom's foremost developer of digital-health solutions and a Public Investment Fund portfolio company— continues to consolidate its leadership in the digital-health sector at both national and international levels.
At ISPOR 2025 in Montréal, Canada, the company's research team presented three peer-reviewed studies grounded in advanced analytics and extensive national datasets before embarking on an official visit to South Korea to explore collaborations in health technology and research.
The first study introduced an integrated economic model that assesses the cost-effectiveness of Type 2 diabetes-prevention programs over a 10-year horizon, capturing both direct and indirect costs from the first-year diagnosis through long-term complications.
A second paper provided a comprehensive assessment to date of Saudi Arabia's chronic disease burden, leveraging records from more than 33 million individuals and sophisticated statistical models to inform resource allocation and healthcare planning.
The third study delivered a five-year review of more than 2 million psychotropic prescriptions, pinpointing opportunities to refine prescribing practices, particularly for older adults, relative to other chronic-medication regimens.
To broaden its international collaboration, a Lean delegation traveled to South Korea, where it joined the Saudi–Korean Business & Investment Forum, met leading health-tech institutions, and examined best practices at Seoul National University Hospital.
Discussions focused on artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and population data analytics.
Engineer Mohannad Al-Rasheed, Lean's chief executive officer, expressed pride in representing the Kingdom on these global stages.
'Lean is committed to building knowledge partnerships that elevate Saudi Arabia as an advanced hub for digital health,' he said. 'Our active participation in specialized international gatherings reflects the maturity of the Saudi health sector and its ability to export both expertise and solutions.'
Driven by the conviction that data-powered innovation is key to a more efficient and inclusive healthcare future, Lean will continue to invest in research and cross-border collaboration, supporting Vision 2030's goal of a cutting-edge, sustainable digital-health ecosystem for the Kingdom.
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