Pharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Market Overview


The global pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing market is projected to reach USD 126.6 billion by 2024 from USD 90.0 billion in 2019, at a CAGR of 7.1%. Growth in this market is driven by the rising demand for generics, increasing investments in pharmaceutical R&D, and investments in advanced manufacturing technologies by CDMOs.

The Asia Pacific region is expected to grow at the highest rate in the pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing market in 2019

The market in the Asia Pacific is estimated to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. This is due to its growing manufacturing sector, favorable government regulations, increasing emphasis on off-patent drugs, and highly skilled workforce, all of which are driving outsourcing of pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing to the Asia Pacific.

Key Market Players

The prominent players in the market include Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (US), Catalent, Inc. (US), Lonza Group Ltd (Switzerland), Recipharm AB (Sweden), Vetter Pharma International GMBH (Germany), FAMAR Health Care Services (Greece), AbbVie Inc. (US), Aenova Group (Germany), Consort Medical plc (UK), Almac Group (UK), Siegfried Holding AG (Switzerland), Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (Germany), and Evonik Industries AG (Germany).

Recent Developments

  • In 2019, Lonza Group launched its CellBio Services.
  • In 2019, Thermo Fisher invested USD 150 million in its Pharma Services business segment to expand its manufacturing capacity for sterile liquid and lyophilized product development and commercial manufacturing.
  • In 2019, Catalent launched OneBio Suite.
  • In 2018, Lonza expanded its Drug Product Services (DPS).



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