Global Pre-packed Chromatography Columns Market 2016-2020

Overview of the global pre-packed chromatography columns market

According to the pre-packed chromatography columns industry report, Technavio’s market research analyst predicts the global pre-packed chromatography columns market to grow at a CAGR of around 8% by 2020.  Pre-packed chromatography columns find applications across several areas including biologic drug development for resin screening, sample preparation, protein purification, anion and cation exchange, desalting, and polish. Pre-packed chromatography testing has gained extensive popularity in research laboratories and hospitals for diagnostic purposes. Diagnostic centers are deploying different chromatographic platforms to execute metabolic profiling for the identification of diseases. During the forecast period, improved diagnostics tools, precise treatment monitoring, speedier response times, increased accessibility to over-the-counter tests, and easy availability of chromatography columns at low costs will lead to an increase in the number of diagnostic centers worldwide. Such developments will be more prominent in the rural areas, resulting in huge market opportunities for the manufacturers of pre-packed chromatography columns.

Vendors are paying more attention towards developing solutions that are more portable, easy to clean, connectable with many ports, and compatible with all types of chromatography systems and connections, and can withstand damage in everyday use. The growing adoption rates of single-use-disposable systems for drug development in the pharmaceutical industry is the latest development in the market. The major benefit of using such ready-to-use or pre-packed chromatography columns for pharmaceutical companies is the reduction of development costs drugs. Vendors are also focusing to offer such pre-packed chromatography solutions that are capable of eliminating column testing, validation, and documentation.

Competitive landscape and key vendors

This market is highly competitive with the presence of various regional and global players. These players are offering a variety of pre-packed chromatography columns in several sizes and features catering to the needs of different end-users to attain maximum pre-packed chromatography columns market share. The increase in demand for single-use pre-packed chromatography solutions will provide a market opportunity for vendors to develop larger ranges of downstream technologies at relatively lower costs and higher quality.

Leading vendors in the market are 

• GE
• Repligen
• EMD Millipore
• Thermo Fisher

Other prominent vendors in the pre-packed chromatography columns market include Phenomenex, Agilent Technologies, Bio-Rad Laboratories, PALL, Sigma Aldrich, Shimadzu, Tosoh, and Waters.

Segmentation by end-users and analysis of the pre-packed chromatography columns market

• Pharmaceutical and biotechnology
• Food and beverages
• Water and environmental

The pharmaceutical and biotechnology segment is the largest end-user in the market and is anticipated to occupy more than 59% of the total market share by 2020. The segment’s growth can be attributed to the repeated purchase of consumables, including disposable and single-use pre-packed chromatography columns for testing and experimenting purposes. The growing use of chromatography in separating chiral compounds will spur growth in the pre-packed chromatography columns market size in the coming years. Ion chromatography is gaining popularity in the pharmaceutical industry due to its capability to differentiate chemically similar analytes and detect several substances in a single analysis rapidly.

Geographical segmentation and analysis of the pre-packed chromatography columns market

• Americas
• APAC
• EMEA

The Americas will continue its dominance in the pre-packed chromatography columns market during the forecast period and is likely to occupy more than 50% of the overall market share by 2020. Much of the region’s growth comes from the rapid technological automated chromatography system solutions that require the need for advanced pre-packed chromatography columns. The US, Brazil, and Canada will have a high number of pharmaceutical companies using chromatography systems, including consumables such as pre-packed chromatography columns for disease diagnosis, during the forecast period.

 Key questions answered in the report include

• What will the market size and the growth rate be in 2020?
• What are the key factors driving the global pre-packed chromatography columns market?
• What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the global pre-packed chromatography columns market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in the global pre-packed chromatography columns market?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global pre-packed chromatography columns market?
• Trending factors influencing the market shares of the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
• What are the key outcomes of the five forces analysis of the global pre-packed chromatography columns market?

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