The biologics outsourcing global market is expected to grow at double digit CAGR to reach $87.6 billion by 2027. Biologics are therapeutic entities composed of sugars, proteins, or nucleic acids made from natural sources such as human, animal or micro organisms. Biologics can also include live attenuated microorganisms (vaccines), allergenic extracts (allergy shots), human cells and tissues (transplantation), cell therapies and gene therapies. Like small molecule drugs, these drugs are intended for treatment of diseases and medical conditions. However, Biologics bring into picture higher range of specificity in treating a disease condition as the biologic entities like monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins target specific areas in the molecular mechanism of disease action.
Although biologics are much costlier than small molecule drugs, these classes of drugs prove to be highly beneficial for the patient and also bring about 40% higher profits to the manufacturers when compared to small molecule drug treatments. Due to the increasing demand for biologics drugs and increased regulatory approvals for these drugs, there is huge demand for biologics manufacture and testing at various levels of clinical studies as well as commercial supply. The Large Biopharma companies are coming up with strategies to cut down on their operational costs and concentrate more on their core competencies by outsourcing this piece of work to contract research organizations (CROs), contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). These organizations bridge the gap between demand and supply and ensure the drug discovery process gets much faster and convenient thus bringing life saving drugs to the market to reach the needy patients.
In 2017, seven out of 10 blockbuster drugs were biologics outnumbering small molecule drugs. Some of the top selling biologics in 2017 includes Humira ($18.4 billion), Rituxan ($9.2 billion), Enbrel ($7.9 billion), and Herceptin ($7.4 billion). The growth of biologics market indirectly indicates the huge demand for services spanning all stages of biologics development starting preclinical stage to commercial manufacturing. The high complexity of biologics development and manufacture requiring huge technical expertise is prompting major biopharma companies turn to outsourcing as a viable option. Various stages of biological development require different types of services as listed below.
Discovery services- Includes lead identification and validation for identifying possible drug candidates targeting specific diseases. The process further involves steps such as target validation, screening preparation, hit generation and lead selection, lead optimization and characterization and finally lead selection.
Preclinical development services- Involves in-vitro and in-vivo studies of the biologic drug candidates before testing them on humans to test the safety, efficacy and biological functionality against the disease target. Preclinical services include cell line engineering, process development, product analytical characterization, cGMP cell banking, cell line characterization, animal model assay development and testing services.
Clinical development- Clinical development includes testing potential drug candidates on humans in phase I, II and II trials. Services at this stage include cGMP grade clinical supply of biologics such as MAb, or recombinant protein, stability testing, fill/finish and regulatory support.
Commercialization- Once the drug has passed all the necessary approvals, the manufacture, marketing and sale of commercial quantities is performed. Outsourcing partners here manufacture the commercial supply for product launch and sale.
1 BIOLOGICS OUTSOURCING GLOBAL MARKET 18
1.1 INTRODUCTION 18
1.2 LANDSCAPE OF BIOLOGICS MARKET 19
1.3 BIOLOGICS GLOBAL MARKET 24
1.4 TOP DESTINATION FOR BIOLOGICS OUTSOURCING 25
1.4.1 CHINA BIOLOGICS OUTSOURCING MARKET 25
1.4.2 CHINA VS INDIA - BIOLOGICS MARKET 27
1.4.3 REGULATIONS AND GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES 29
1.4.4 CAPABILITIES AND TECHNOLOGIES 33
2 MARKET ANALYSIS 35
2.1 INTRODUCTION 35
2.2 FACTORS INFLUENCING MARKET 37
2.2.1 DRIVERS AND OPPORTUNITIES 38
2.2.1.1 Increased investment in R&D by pharmaceutical companies is increasing the outsourcing 38
2.2.1.2 Adoption of biological therapies in disease management 38
2.2.1.3 Successful collaboration and low cost for outsourcing 39
2.2.1.4 Increasing biologics approvals in the past year 40
2.2.1.5 Increasing chronic and autoimmune illnesses 41
2.2.1.6 Increasing number of branded drugs going off-patent creates a
scope for biosimilars 41
2.2.1.7 Requirement of novel biologics therapeutics for rare diseases 42
2.2.1.8 Increasing demand for antibody conjugates and bispecific antibodies 43
2.2.1.9 Advanced technologies for screening, cell line engineering and bioprocessing 43
2.2.1.10 Pharma companies restricting their global presence, reducing manpower,
lack of facilities for discovery and manufacturing of biologics 45
2.2.2 RESTRAINTS AND THREATS 46
2.2.2.1 Intense complexities in handling biologics 46
2.2.2.2 Requirement of highly skilled technicians 47
2.2.2.3 High cost of drug development process 48
2.2.2.4 Challenges in oral formulations with biologics 48
2.2.2.5 Stringent regulatory frameworks 49
2.2.2.6 High capital and technical requirements to obtain gmp certifications 51
2.2.2.7 Limited ip protection in developing regions 52
2.2.2.8 High chances of end stage failure of drug 53
2.2.2.9 Conflict of interest between pharmaceutical company and CRO 53
3 BIOLOGICS OUTSOURCING GLOBAL MARKET, MARKET ANALYSIS 55
3.1 INTRODUCTION 55
3.2 DISCOVERY AND PRE-CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 63
3.3 BIOLOGICS OUTSOURCING GLOBAL MARKET, BY PRODUCT TYPE 73
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