Marcelo Cruz, Director of Business Development and Marketing at Tjoapack, discusses the fast-changing pharmaceutical market landscape and explores the latest trends in prefilled syringes. He explains how companies can balance the complexity-efficiency equation to deliver patient-centric drug products while optimising productivity.
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‘Balancing The Complexity-efficiency Equation in a Fast-changing Prefilled Syringe Packaging Market‘
The global prefilled syringes market is forecast to grow from $5.85 billion in 2021 to $11.94 billion in 2028 at a CAGR of 10.7%.
Some of this growth is being driven by the positive demand shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the on-going global mass vaccination campaign.
Nevertheless, there are other longer-term trends shaping the industry and spurring on demand for prefilled syringe packaging.
The rapidly rising demand for biopharma therapies to treat chronic conditions, such as cancer and autoimmune diseases, has driven growth in the parenteral segment overall. This is because the nature of biologics means that most treatments must be delivered by injection.
At the same time, many in the pharmaceutical industry are turning their attention to enhancing the patient centricity of these treatments to improve patient experience and compliance. The convenience they offer for self-administration makes prefilled syringes a highly attractive means of achieving this goal, for both biopharma treatments and other therapies.
All of this, however, is introducing technical complexity into the packaging space, particularly when it comes to the packaging of prefilled syringes. How can pharma companies take advantage of rising prefilled syringe demand while ensuring optimum manufacturing efficiency?
The Search for Patient Centricity
Useability – and particularly self-administration – is a key challenge for many drug developers, across all dosage forms. Providing patients with the ability to administer their treatment themselves, without the need for a healthcare provider (HCP) or carer, can free up professionals’ limited time and resources, while also enhancing convenience for the patient.
By encouraging patient adherence, this enhanced convenience can have a positive impact on the effectiveness of a treatment too. In doing so, it can relieve pressure on healthcare systems by minimising the need for patients with chronic conditions to be seen by doctors.
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