Vaccine Contract Manufacturing Market Size (2024 - 2029)

Vaccine Contract Manufacturing Market Analysis

The Vaccine Contract Manufacturing Market size is estimated at USD 3.51 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 5.98 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 11.18% during the forecast period (2024-2029).

The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the vaccine contract manufacturing market. During the outbreak of the pandemic, there was a shortage of vaccines for all diseases due to the lockdown, which hampered the growth of the vaccine contract manufacturing market. However, R&D and clinical trials across the world accelerated to provide a safe and effective vaccine, thus increasing the demand and manufacturing of vaccines, eventually driving the growth of the market. Increased demand for vaccines resulted in increased investment needs for the manufacturing and clinical trial infrastructure. For instance, as per a press release by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in October 2021, a new ACT-Accelerator strategy was planned, which called for a USD 23.4 billion international investment to address disparities in the availability of COVID-19 diagnostics, vaccinations, and therapies worldwide. The market has recovered since the manufacturing restrictions were lifted. The vaccine contract manufacturing market is expected to show a stable growth rate during the forecast period.

In addition, the advancements in technology and cost benefits in infrastructure and operational benefits, increase in initiatives favoring vaccinations, and favorable patient demographics, and growing vaccinations of newborns and children are actively affecting the growth of the market studied.

The initiatives taken by various governments and health organizations all over the world focusing on providing vaccinations to all people are driving the growth of the vaccine contract manufacturing market in the forecast period. For instance, as per the World Health Organization, in February 2022, Djibouti's Ministry of Health, with technical support from WHO and UNICEF, launched a five-day national polio vaccination campaign to vaccinate approximately 150,000 children in Djibouti. These vaccine drives focusing on preventive measures for various diseases are likely to drive the growth of the market in the forecast period.

Furthermore, technological advancements in vaccine technology have been fueled by the introduction of genetic engineering, vaccine-delivering technology, and proteomics. Currently, it is resulting in the entry of new products. For instance, according to the article published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in March 2021, mRNA technology promises to revolutionize future vaccines and treatments for cancer and infectious diseases. Researchers claim that mRNA can be used to create a variety of vaccines and treatments in less time and at lower costs than traditional methods. Thus, the advantage of new technology like mRNA to create vaccines is expected to drive the market's growth.

Additionally, rising strategic initiatives adopted by key players, such as business expansion, partnerships, and acquisitions, are estimated to propel the market's growth. For instance, in March 2022, Bharat Biotech entered into a partnership with the Spanish biopharmaceutical firm, Biofabri for the development, manufacturing, and marketing of a new tuberculosis vaccine. The new TB vaccine, MTBVAC, is being manufactured and developed by Biofabri in close collaboration with the University of Zaragoza, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), and the Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI). Such developments by market players are also boosting the growth of the vaccine contract manufacturing market in the study period.

The increase in the necessity of vaccine contract manufacturing around the world is expected to propel the growth of the market studied. However, the increasing cost of vaccines, along with the lack of storage infrastructure, is likely to hinder the growth of the market in the forecast period.

Vaccine Contract Manufacturing Industry Segmentation

As per the scope of this report, vaccine contract manufacturing is the outsourcing of vaccine production on a large scale to manufacturing units, such as contract manufacturing organizations. 

The vaccine contract manufacturing market is segmented by vaccine type (inactivated vaccines, live-attenuated vaccines, RNA vaccines, subunit vaccines, and toxoid-based vaccines), process (downstream (analytical and QC studies, fill and finish, packaging, other downstream processes) and upstream (bacterial expression systems, baculovirus/insect expression systems, mammalian expression systems, yeast expression systems, other upstream processes)), the scale of operations (preclinical, clinical, and commercial), end use (human use and veterinary), and geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and South America). The report also covers the estimated market sizes and trends of 17 countries across major regions globally. The report offers values (in USD million) for the above-mentioned segments.