The bioburden testing market is projected to
reach USD 1,103 million by 2023 from USD 614 million in 2018, at a CAGR of
12.4% during the forecast period. Factors such as growth in the medical
devices, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries; rising safety concerns
related to food and beverage products; and the increasing number of product
recalls due to microbial contamination are expected to drive the growth of this
market during the forecast period. However, the high cost of enumeration
instruments is expected to restrain market growth in the coming years.
Based on product, the bioburden
testing market is segmented into consumables and instruments. In 2018, the
consumables segment is expected to account for the largest share of the global
bioburden testing market. This segment is also projected to register the highest
CAGR during the forecast period. The long shelf life and the recurrent purchase
of media, kits, and reagents are driving the adoption of bioburden testing
consumables.
On the basis of region, the market is segmented into North America, Europe,
Asia, and the Rest of the World (RoW). North America is expected to account for
the largest market share in 2018, and this trend is expected to continue during
the forecast period. The large size of the North American biotechnology
industry will aid the growth of the bioburden testing market in this region.
However, the Asian market is expected to witness the highest growth during the
forecast period. Strong investments and rapid growth in the pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industries will drive the growth of the bioburden testing market
in this region.
Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are the major end users of the bioburden
testing market. In the pharmaceutical industry, bioburden testing is
required at the quality control stage for raw materials, drugs, and other
resources which are used in the manufacturing process. In the pharmaceutical
manufacturing industry, bioburden testing is required to obtain regulatory
approvals for products.
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Players in the bioburden testing market are adopting organic and inorganic
growth strategies to further strengthen their presence and expand their product
portfolios in the market. Some notable developments in this regard have been
mentioned below:
In 2018, WuXi AppTec opened a Medical Device Testing center in China.
In 2018, Charles River acquired MPI Research, a premier nonclinical contract research organization (CRO).
In 2016, SGS acquired Quality Compliance Laboratories to provide microbiological and analytical testing services to pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical industries.