Bioreactors Market by Suppliers & End-User – Global Forecast 2021

The global bioreactors market is expected to reach to USD 1,417 Million by 2021 from USD 955 Million in 2015, at a CAGR of 6.8% between 2015 and 2021. 

The increase in adoption of single-use technologies, use of hybrid technologies: single-use and stainless steel, growing popularity of single-use bioreactor among biopharmaceutical companies, and growing biologics are spurring the growth of the bioreactors market. However, regulatory concerns related to single-use bioreactors, issues regarding leachable and extractable related to single-use bags is hampering the growth of this market.

By material, single-use bioreactors are expected to register second highest growth by volume during the forecast period from 2016 to 2021. High growth in this segment is attributed to the advantages of SUBs such as reduced need for cleaning and sterilization, reduced risk of cross contamination, and greater control over aseptic conditions.

Bioreactors are mainly used for growing organisms such as bacteria or yeast that are used in the biotechnological production of substances such as pharmaceuticals, antibodies, and vaccines or for bioconversion of organic waste. By usage, it is segmented into lab-scale, pilot-scale and full-scale production. The lab-scale production segment will witness maximum growth by volume from 2016 to 2021, owing to process development in R&D departments.


By control type, the bioreactor market is segmented into manual and automated control type. In 2015, in terms of volume, the automated control type segment accounted for the largest share of the bioreactors market. In the present scenario, the preference for mass flow controllers (MFCs) is growing, resulting into usage of automated control type. This is because they add additional security assurance and reduce the operating costs of bioreactors. Running bioreactors on MFCs does not require skilled labour. As a result, an increasing number of companies are opting for MFCs.

The bioreactors market is a competitive market with a large number of companies operational in the market. The competitive landscape includes an in-depth market share analysis along with the key business strengths of leading players in the market. Some of the leading players offering bioreactor products are Sartorius AG (Germany), Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (U.S.), Merck KGaA (Germany), GE Healthcare (A subsidiary of General Electric Company) (U.S.), Danaher Corporation (U.S), Eppendorf AG (Germany).

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