Market Trends of Inhalation Anesthetics Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the Inhalation Anesthetics Market according to our research experts:
Sevoflurane Holds the Major Share in the Inhalation Anesthetics Market And Expected to do Same in the Forecast Period
Sevoflurane is the most widely used inhalation anesthetic, owing to its therapeutic advantages and low cost. Sevoflurane is an ether inhalation anesthetic agent with low pungency, a nonirritant odor, and a low blood-gas partition coefficient.
Sevoflurane is useful in adults and children for both induction and maintenance of anesthesia in inpatient and outpatient surgery. It is ideal for asthma patients or people with sensitized air passages. The drug can be administered without the use of an intravenous route. Sevoflurane is also used as an anesthetic gas for children, as it can be breathed in by a face mask and works very quickly in getting children off to sleep.
Factors include proven safety records of sevoflurane, increasing use for both outpatient and inpatient, increasing use for both human and veterinary healthcare, growing trends of cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery, and increasing incidences of orthopedic, onco-surgeries, and spinal surgeries, which are propelling the growth of sevoflurane. The segment is also benefitting from an increase in accidents and emergency cases. These drugs are given to patients before surgery to make induction of general anesthesia substantially easier.
Moreover, it has been observed that there is a significant focus on researching the combination of sevoflurane with other anesthesia drugs to enhance the efficacy of anesthesia in patients during surgical procedures.
As per the press release by International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine in February 2022, the researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated the effect of the general anesthetic sevoflurane and said that sevoflurane could improve sleep alteration in response to inflammation. In January 2022, Dechra Pharmaceuticals announced the acquisition of Isoflurane USP Inhalant Anesthetic and Sevoflurane USP Inhalant Anesthetic from Halocarbon Life Sciences. These two inhalation anesthesia solutions are used in both human and animal medicine. Thus, due to the aforementioned factors, the overall market for sevoflurane will grow steadily over the forecast period of the study.
North America Holds Major Share and Expected to do Same in the Forecast Period
Increased government funds for R&D of innovative inhalation anesthetics and a rise in cancer incidences are driving the overall growth of the North American inhalation anesthesia market. Furthermore, the market growth is fueled by an increase in the prevalence of diseases and surgical procedures performed for disease treatment and development. According to statistics published by the Government of Canada, released in November 2021, an estimated 229,200 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer, and 84,600 will die from cancer every year. Lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers are expected to remain the most diagnosed cancers, accounting for 46% of all diagnoses in 2021. According to their survey, breast cancer affects one out of every eight women at some point in their life. As the number of incidences of cancer increases, so does the urge to treat cancer with surgeries such as minimally invasive and open surgery, thus, driving demand for inhalation anesthetics over the forecast period.
In June 2020, Piramal Urgent Care (PCC) established a strategic partnership with Medivant Healthcare, a United States-based pharmaceutical outsourcing facility, to help hospitals throughout the country solve the critical shortage of injectable drugs. Moreover, in April 2020, Blue-Zone Technologies Ltd. received a Drug Identification Number (DIN) from Health Canada for DESFLURANE, USP, an important drug used for general anesthesia. The DIN allows Blue-Zone to manufacture and market its branded generic medicine. Therefore, rising incidences of chronic diseases and growing company activities will significantly drive the market in the regional market during the study period.
Therefore, these above-mentioned factors are expected to drive the growth of the inhalation anesthetics market in the region.
