Market Entry - Biomanufacturing Market in Poland: Analysis of Growth, Trends and Progress (2016 - 2021)

About the Market

Biologic-baseddrugs are an increasingly important part of product growth strategies for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies. Biopharmaceutical products have rapidly taken over pharmaceutical company revenues, with sales of the top six antibody products viz., Humira, Remicade, Enbrel, Rituxan, Avastin, Herceptin, at just over USD 51 billion in 2015. 77% of over 900 biopharmaceutical products are produced in mammalian cell culture systems in the United States and Europe. In terms of production capacity, North America holds the greatest at 52%, followed by Europe and Asia. Due to government incentives in tax reforms, favorable locations with mature pipelines, and the ability to manage complex global supply chains, Asia has significant growth capacity. Samsung, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Novartis are some of the key players in the market.

About the Geography

Poland is an eastern European country bordered by Germany and is a part of the E.U. and NATO. It is a parliamentary republic, which gained independence from the Russian empire in 1918.The government of Poland is politically stable and a pro-business. Poland is the largest beneficiary of EU funds and was ranked as the 20^th largest recipient of FDI internationally in the World Investment Report, 2015, by UNCTAD.

Poland has been aggressively working on its infrastructure and has the largest consumer market in the newly joined EU countries. It has had a stable economy with current GDP growth rate around 3.5%. The Polish parliament passed laws in 2002, which aided in investment in SEZs and access to the European Union structural funds. The government has taken several measures to ease the process of setting up a business and incentivized companies to invest in Poland. In July 2011, the Act Limiting Administrative Barriers for Citizens and Businesses went into effect, introducing a series of measures designed to diminish the burden of Poland's state bureaucracy. Since 2012, a company can be registered as a limited liability company within 24 hours. SEZs benefit from income tax and real estate tax exemption. In addition, in the case of hiring in regions with high levels of unemployment, companies can benefit from tax reductions. It also follows the EU laws related to copyright and intellectual property.

Corruption has significantly reduced in recent years through a combination of law enforcement action and political will. 

Poland follows EU’s trade regulations and with its huge workforce and its proximity to major economic powers like the UK, Germany, and France, it has the potential to be the ideal investment hub in Europe.

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