Cell Line Development MarketSize and Trends

Market Trends

North America is expected to hold the dominant position in the global cell line development market, owing to high investment by pharmaceutical companies in developing a novel treatment product and increasing off patenting of major products, which would promote biosimilar drug development. Biosimilar drug having biological molecule needs to match in structure and composition with original product which needs cell line to confirm matching of structure and adhere to quality attribute such as glycoprofile, protein aggregation. For instance, according to 2016 report of International Trade Administration of Department of Commerce (USA), the U.S. generic drug sales reached an estimated US$ 70 billion in 2015, which represents quarter of the global market, due to a large number of drugs going off-patent and healthcare reforms favoring generics development.

Development of novel therapy to drive growth of the cell line development market

Cell line development has wide application areas. Development of immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer is major application of cell line development. According to the World Health Organization factsheet 2018, Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, and is responsible for an estimated 9.6 million deaths in 2018. Pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies are focusing on developing novel therapies such as immunotherapy due to its specificity and efficiency. Cell line development helps in speeding drug discovery process and optimization of clinical trials by providing high yield of monoclonal antibodies, which is expected to fuel growth of the cell line development market.

Increasing technological advancements in cell line development are expected to boost growth of the cell line development market. For instance, in November 2017, Lonza group launched Multiplex Cell line culture using GS Xceed Gene Expression System., which helps in testing multiple drug candidate at early developmental stage thereby saving four to six months, which otherwise is required in conventional development program.