Global Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) Market: Insights & Forecast with Potential Impact of COVID-19 (2024-2028)

Global Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) Market: Insights & Forecast with Potential Impact of COVID-19 (2024-2028)


The global CDMO market is estimated to reach US$294.63 billion in 2028, growing at a CAGR of 9.32%, for the period spanning 2024-2028. The factors such as increasing per capita disposable income, increasing global healthcare expenditure, rising aging population, increasing R&D spending, growing number of new drugs, rise in investments and strategic collaborations and growing demand for pharmaceutical products are expected to drive the market. However, growth of the industry will be challenged by stringent government regulations. A few notable trends include increasing demand for highly potent API manufacturing services, growing demand for quality by design services, growth in oncology segment, growing demand for process development CDMO services and lengthy and costly drug development process.

In terms of services, the global API drug market accounted for the highest share of the market and is expected to grow in future owing to growing number of biologics APIs in pipeline stage and growing adoption of multiple of therapies. Whereas on the basis of product, small molecule drugs held a major share of the market owing to the surge in the pharmaceutical R&D activities worldwide.

In terms of geographical areas, North America is the major contributor to the global CDMO market supported by growing collaborations and wide range of services provided by CDMOs. Asia Pacific is the fastest growing market for CDMOs owing to highly skilled workforce and low research and development cost advantage.

Scope of the report:

The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global CDMO industry.

The major regional markets (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Middle East & Africa) have been analyzed.

The market dynamics such as growth drivers, market trends and challenges are analyzed in-depth.

The company profiles of leading players (Catalent, Inc., Recipharm AB, Evotec SE, Lonza Group AG, Biomerieux SA and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.) are also presented in detail.

Key Target Audience:

Contract Manufacturing Organization

Pharmaceutical Companies

Consulting Firms

Investment Banks

Government Bodies & Regulating Authorities


1. Introduction
1. CDMO
1.2 CDMO Services
Table 1: CDMO Services
1.3 Advantages of CDMO
2. Impact of COVID-19
2.1 Rise in Clinical Trials
Table 2: Number of Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Vaccines and Diagnostic Kits (2020)
3. Global CDMO Market Analysis
3.1 Global CDMO Market by Value
Table 3: Global CDMO Market by Value (2019-2023)
3.2 Global CDMO Market Forecast by Value
Table 4: Global CDMO Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
3.3 Global CDMO Market by Service
Table 5: Global CDMO Market by Service (2023)
3.3.1 Global API/Bulk Drugs Market by Value
Table 6: Global API/Bulk Drugs Market by Value (2019-2023)
3.3.2 Global API/Bulk Drugs Market Forecast by Value
Table 7: Global API/Bulk Drugs Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
3.3.3 Global Drug Product Manufacturing Market by Value
Table 8: Global Drug Product Manufacturing Market by Value (2019-2023)
3.3.4 Global Drug Product Manufacturing Market Forecast by Value
Table 9: Global Drug Product Manufacturing Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
3.3.5 Global Packaging Market by Value
Table 10: Global Packaging Market by Value (2019-2023)
3.3.6 Global Packaging Market Forecast by Value
Table 11: Global Packaging Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
3.4 Global CDMO Market by Product
Table 12: Global CDMO Market by Product (2023)
3.4.1 Global Biologics CDMO Market by Value
Table 13: Global Small Molecule CDMO Market by Value (2019-2023)
3.4.2 Global Biologics CDMO Market Forecast by Value
Table 14: Global Small Molecule CDMO Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
3.4.3 Global Small Molecule CDMO Market by Value
Table 15: Global Biologics CDMO Market by Value (2019-2023)
3.4.4 Global Small Molecule CDMO Market Forecast by Value
Table 16: Global Biologics CDMO Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
3.5 Global CDMO Market by Region
Table 17: Global CDMO Market by Region (2023)
4. Regional CDMO Market Analysis
4.1 North America
4.1.1 North America CDMO Market by Value
Table 18: Asia Pacific CDMO Market by Value (2019-2023)
4.1.2 North America CDMO Market Forecast by Value
Table 19: Asia Pacific CDMO Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
4.2 Europe
4.2.1 Europe CDMO Market by Value
Table 20: North America CDMO Market by Value (2019-2023)
4.2.2 Europe CDMO Market Forecast by Value
Table 21: North America CDMO Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
4.3 Asia Pacific
4.3.1 Asia Pacific CDMO Market by Value
Table 22: Europe CDMO Market by Value (2019-2023)
4.3.2 Asia Pacific CDMO Market Forecast by Value
Table 23: Europe CDMO Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
4.4 Latin America
4.4.1 Latin America CDMO Market by Value
Table 24: Latin America CDMO Market by Value (2019-2023)
4.4.2 Latin America CDMO Market Forecast by Value
Table 25: Latin America CDMO Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
4.5 Middle East & Africa
4.5.1 Middle East & Africa CDMO Market by Value
Table 26: Middle East & Africa CDMO Market by Value (2019-2023)
4.5.2 Middle East & Africa CDMO Market Forecast by Value
Table 27: Middle East & Africa CDMO Market Forecast by Value (2024-2028)
5. Market Dynamics
5.1 Growth Drivers
5.1.1 Increasing Per Capita Disposable Income
Table 28: Global GNI Per Capita (2017-2023)
5.1.2 Increasing Global Healthcare Expenditure
Table 29: Global Healthcare Expenditure Per Capita (2017-2023)
5.1.3 Rising Aging Population
Table 30: Global Aging Population (2017-2023)
5.1.4 Increasing R&D Spending
Table 31: Global Pharmaceutical R&D Expenditure (2022-2026)
5.1.5 Growing Number of New Drugs
Table 32: FDA Approval of Chemical NMEs and Biologics (2016-2023)
5.1.6 Rise in Investments and Strategic Collaborations
5.1.7 Growing Demand for Pharmaceutical Products
5.2 Key Trends & Developments
5.2.1 Increasing Demand for Highly Potent API Manufacturing Services
5.2.2 Growing Demand for Quality by Design Services
5.2.3 Growth in Oncology Segment
5.2.4 Growing Demand for Process Development CDMO Services
5.2.5 Lengthy and Costly Drug Development Process
5.3 Challenges
5.3.1 Stringent Government Regulations
6. Company Profiles
6.1 Catalent, Inc.
6.1.1 Business Overview
6.2 Recipharm AB
6.2.1 Business Overview
6.3 Evotec SE
6.3.1 Business Overview
6.4 Lonza Group AG
6.4.1 Business Overview
6.5 Biomerieux SA
6.5.1 Business Overview
6.6 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
6.6.1 Business Overview

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