Global Continuous Bioprocessing Market Size

Continuous Bioprocessing Market Analysis

The Global Continuous Bioprocessing Market size is estimated at USD 201.81 million in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 574.41 million by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 23.27% during the forecast period (2024-2029).

In recent times, countries have faced a huge threat of COVID-19. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), coronavirus disease is an infectious disease, and most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness. Most pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies have reallocated their resources in research and development (R&D) departments toward identifying new molecules or leads for the treatment of COVID-19. This has impacted the research and development activities of biopharmaceuticals for other chronic diseases. In the early phase of the pandemic, due to the lockdown measures, trade restrictions, and high infection rate, many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies were hit, and their work was impacted, especially R&D activities, as the clinical and other types of trials were delayed by more than six months.

According to the study 'Impact of COVID19 on Operational Activities of Manufacturing Organizations-A Case Study and Industry 4.0-Based Survive-Stabilise-Sustainability (3S) Framework,' published in March 2021, restrictions imposed by local authorities have had the highest impact on operational activities, followed by unavailability of transport and unavailability of workers; scarcity of raw materials increased workload and decrease in working days have had a significant impact on the biopharmaceutical organizations. increase in machine failures, overproduction, and insufficient production to fulfill demand, also had an impact on operational activities, thus leaving a significant impact on the market.

The factors propelling the studied market growth are the growing adoption of continuous processing, increasing technological advancements in the continuous processing space, and increasing demand for biopharmaceuticals. Along with it, increasing investments and government initiatives boosting biomanufacturing will also contribute positively to market growth.

Continuous bioprocessing is being readily adopted as one of the future forms of biomanufacturing production because it operates on the same scale in both clinical production and commercialization, using flexible infrastructure that can respond quickly to changing market pressures. The use of flexible infrastructures such as single-use flow paths and small surgical vessels with the same bioreactor size will reduce significant investment while making technology transfer operations easier and maintaining quality profiles. Additionally, the rising burden of chronic diseases such as cancer, neurological disorders, cardiovascular diseases, rare diseases, and others will propel the demand for biopharmaceuticals, thereby driving the continuous bioprocessing market. For instance, as per the 2020 statistics by GLOBOCAN 2020, an estimated number of 19,292,789 people were diagnosed with cancer in 2020. As per the same source mentioned above, the number of people suffering from cancer is estimated to reach 30.2 million by 2040. Thus, the growing burden of cancer globally will significantly increase the demand for biosimilars, thus driving the market.

Moreover, rising investments in the studied market will also lead to lucrative growth of the market. For instance, in September 2021, Gamma Biosciences made a strategic investment in Nirrin Technologies, a provider of next-generation sensors and analytics for real-time, in-process monitoring and analysis in upstream and downstream bioprocessing applications and continuous processing for the biopharma and life science industries. However, strict regulations for continuous bioprocessing and high equipment costs are expected to hinder the market growth.