Immunotherapy Drugs Market Worth 201.52 Billion USD by 2021

Thursday 12 January 2017, Amsterdam

The report, now available on ASDReports, "Immunotherapy Drugs Market by Type of Drugs (Adult Vaccines, Checkpoint Inhibitors, Interferons Alpha), Therapy Area (Cancer, Autoimmune Diseases, Infectious Diseases), End-User (Hospitals), Region (North America, Asia-Pacific) - Global Forecast to 2021", report provides a detailed overview of the major drivers, restraints, opportunities, and threat impacting the global immunotherapy drugs market along with the estimates and forecasts of the revenue and market share analysis

The immunotherapy drugs market is projected to reach USD 201.52 Billion by 2021 from USD 108.41 Billion in 2016, growing at a CAGR of 13.5% during the forecast period of 2016 to 2021.

Based on the type of drugs, the immunotherapy drugs market is segmented into monoclonal antibodies, adult vaccines, checkpoint inhibitors, interferons alpha & beta, interleukins, and others. Adult vaccines segment is further categorized into preventive vaccines and therapeutic vaccines. The others segment comprises of oncolytic virus therapy, and T-cell therapy. Monoclonal antibodies segment is expected to account for the largest market share in the immunotherapy drugs market, by type of drugs in 2016. On the other hand, checkpoint inhibitors segment is expected to be the fastest growing segment in the immunotherapy drugs market, by type of drugs, in 2016.

Furthermore, based on therapy area, the immunotherapy drugs market is segmented into cancer, autoimmune & inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases, and others. Cancer segment is further sub-segmented into solid tumors and malignant tumors. Among these segments, the cancer segment is expected to account for the largest market share in 2016. The large share and high growth of this segment can be attributed to factor such as high preference for immunotherapy as a first line of treatment in cancer leading to growing demand for immunotherapy drugs. The others segment comprises of cardiovascular, and ophthalmic diseases. Based on type of end-users in the healthcare industry, the immunotherapy drugs market is segmented into hospitals, clinics, and others. The others segment comprises of home healthcare centers, and nursing home facilities.

A number of factors such as increasing adoption of targeted therapies with fewer side effects, quicker drug approval processes, and high prevalence rate of lifestyle diseases are major growth drivers of this market. On the other hand, the high cost of immunotherapy treatment, and high attrition rate in the product development cycle are the major factors hindering the growth of the immunotherapy drugs market.  However, rising opportunities in the emerging markets, and immunotherapy as an alternative to chemotherapy for first line treatment are the factors supporting the growth of immunotherapy drugs market

North America is expected to account for largest share in the immunotherapy drugs market, by region in 2016. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing regional segment in the immunotherapy drugs market. The high growth of this segment can primarily be attributed to the low cost of manufacturing and acceptable regulatory scenario in this region.

The major players operating in the immunotherapy drugs market include F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (Switzerland), GlaxoSmithKline (U.K.), AbbVie, Inc. (U.S.), Amgen, Inc. (U.S.), Merck & Co., Inc. (U.S.). Bristol-Myers Squibb (U.S.), Novartis International AG (Switzerland), Eli Lilly and Company (U.S.), Johnson & Johnson (U.S.), and AstraZeneca plc (U.K.).