Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026

Pharmaceutical contract packaging refers to the outsourcing of secondary operations like drug packaging and labelling to third parties. A contract pharmaceutical packager provides services, facilities and equipments which range from designing drug packaging to the testing of the packaged drug. Pharmaceutical companies contract the packaging firms for secondary functions as it is more flexible, profitable and helps in keeping up with the changing times. A skilled packager provides benefits like brand awareness and consumer preference to the company. According to IMARC Group, the global pharmaceutical contract packaging market reached a value of US$ 17 Billion in 2020.

IMARC's latest study "Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026" segments the market according to the type of packaging. Plastic bottles represented the biggest packaging category accounting for around a fifth of the total global market in 2018 followed by caps and closures, blister packs, prefilled syringes, parenteral vials and ampules, prefilled inhalers, pouches and medication tubes. Country wise, the United States represented the world's biggest pharmaceutical contract packaging market accounting for around one-third of the total global sales. The United States was followed by Europe, China, and India. India currently represents the fastest growing market followed by China. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the global pharmaceutical contract packaging market to exhibit moderate growth during the next five years.

The report provides a detailed roadmap for starting a pharmaceutical contract packaging plant. The study, done by one of the world's leading research and advisory firms, covers all the essential aspects of the pharmaceutical contract packaging market. This ranges from a comprehensive view of the market to minute details of the industry performance, processing and manufacturing requirements, project cost, project funding, project economics, expected returns on investment, profit margins, etc. This report is a must-read for entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, consultants, business strategists, and all those who are planning to foray into the pharmaceutical contract packaging market in any manner.

Key Questions Answered in This Report:

• How has the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging market performed so far and how will it perform in the coming years?
• What are the key regional markets in the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging industry?
• What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging market?
• What are the type of packaging in the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging industry?
• What are the key industries in the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging industry?
• What are the key product type in the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging industry?
• What are the various stages in the value chain of the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging industry?
• What are the key driving factors and challenges in the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging?
• What is the structure of the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging industry and who are the key players?
• What is the degree of competition in the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging industry?
• What are the profit margins in the global pharmaceuticals contract packaging industry?
• What are the key requirements for setting up a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What are the various unit operations involved in a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What is the total size of land required for setting up a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What are the machinery requirements for setting up a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What are the raw material requirements for setting up a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What are the packaging requirements for pharmaceuticals contract packaging?
• What are the transportation requirements for pharmaceuticals contract packaging?
• What are the utility requirements for setting up a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What are the manpower requirements for setting up a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What are the infrastructure costs for setting up a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What are the capital costs for setting up a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What are the operating costs for setting up a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What will be the income and expenditures for a pharmaceuticals contract packaging plant?
• What is the time required to break-even?

Table of Contents

1 Preface

2 Scope and Methodology

• 2.1 Objectives of the Study
• 2.2 Stakeholders
• 2.3 Data Sources
  • 2.3.1 Primary Sources
  • 2.3.2 Secondary Sources
• 2.4 Market Estimation
  • 2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
  • 2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
• 2.5 Forecasting Methodology

3 Executive Summary

4 Introduction

• 4.1 Overview
• 4.2 Key Industry Trends

5 Global Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Industry

• 5.1 Market Overview
• 5.2 Market Performance
• 5.3 Impact of COVID-19
• 5.4 Price Analysis
  • 5.4.1 Key Price Indicators
  • 5.4.2 Price Structure
  • 5.4.3 Price Trends
• 5.5 Market Breakup by Industry
• 5.6 Market Breakup by Type
• 5.7 Market Breakup by Packaging
• 5.8 Market Breakup by Region
• 5.9 Market Forecast
• 5.10 SWOT Analysis
  • 5.10.1 Overview
  • 5.10.2 Strengths
  • 5.10.3 Weaknesses
  • 5.10.4 Opportunities
  • 5.10.5 Threats
• 5.11 Value Chain Analysis
  • 5.11.1 Raw Material Procurement
  • 5.11.2 Manufacturing
  • 5.11.3 Marketing
  • 5.11.4 Distribution
  • 5.11.5 Exports
  • 5.11.6 End-Use
• 5.12 Porter's Five Forces Analysis
  • 5.12.1 Overview
  • 5.12.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
  • 5.12.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
  • 5.12.4 Degree of Competition
  • 5.12.5 Threat of New Entrants
  • 5.12.6 Threat of Substitutes
• 5.13 Regulations in Generic Industry
• 5.14 Key Market Drivers and Success Factors

6 Market Breakup by Industry

• 6.1 Small Molecule
  • 6.1.1 Market Trends
  • 6.1.2 Market Forecast
• 6.2 Biopharmaceutical
  • 6.2.1 Market Trends
  • 6.2.2 Market Forecast
• 6.3 Vaccine
  • 6.3.1 Market Trends
  • 6.3.2 Market Forecast

7 Market Breakup by Type

• 7.1 Sterile
  • 7.1.1 Market Trends
  • 7.1.2 Market Forecast
• 7.2 Non-Sterile
  • 7.2.1 Market Trends
  • 7.2.2 Market Forecast

8 Market Breakup by Packaging

• 8.1 Plastic Bottles
  • 8.1.1 Market Trends
  • 8.1.2 Market Forecast
• 8.2 Caps and Closures
  • 8.2.1 Market Trends
  • 8.2.2 Market Forecast
• 8.3 Blister Packs
  • 8.3.1 Market Trends
  • 8.3.2 Market Forecast
• 8.4 Prefilled Syringes
  • 8.4.1 Market Trends
  • 8.4.2 Market Forecast
• 8.5 Parenteral Vials and Ampoules
  • 8.5.1 Market Trends
  • 8.5.2 Market Forecast

9 Market Breakup by Region

• 9.1 United States
  • 9.1.1 Market Trends
  • 9.1.2 Market Forecast
• 9.2 Europe
  • 9.2.1 Market Trends
  • 9.2.2 Market Forecast
• 9.3 China
  • 9.3.1 Market Trends
  • 9.3.2 Market Forecast
• 9.4 India
  • 9.4.1 Market Trends
  • 9.4.2 Market Forecast
• 9.5 Others
  • 9.5.1 Market Trends
  • 9.5.2 Market Forecast

10 Competitive Landscape

• 10.1 Market Structure
• 10.2 Key Players

11 Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Process

• 11.1 Product Overview
• 11.2 Detailed Process Flow
• 11.3 Various Types of Unit Operations Involved
• 11.4 Mass Balance and Raw Material Requirements

12 Project Details, Requirements and Costs Involved

• 12.1 Land Requirements and Expenditures
• 12.2 Construction Requirements and Expenditures
• 12.3 Plant Layout
• 12.4 Plant Machinery
• 12.5 Raw Material Requirements and Expenditures
• 12.6 Transportation Requirements and Expenditures
• 12.7 Utility Requirements and Expenditures
• 12.8 Manpower Requirements and Expenditures
• 12.9 Other Capital Investments

13 Loans and Financial Assistance

14 Project Economics

• 14.1 Capital Cost of the Project
• 14.2 Techno-Economic Parameters
• 14.3 Product Pricing and Margins Across Various Levels of the Supply Chain
• 14.4 Taxation and Depreciation
• 14.5 Income Projections
• 14.6 Expenditure Projections
• 14.7 Financial Analysis
• 14.8 Profit Analysis

15 Key Player Profiles

List of Figures

• Figure 1: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
• Figure 2: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Sales Value Trends (in Billion US$), 2015-2020
• Figure 3: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market Forecast: Sales Value Trends (in Billion US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 4: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Breakup by Industry (in %), 2020
• Figure 5: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Breakup by Type (in %), 2020
• Figure 6: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Breakup by Packaging (in %), 2020
• Figure 7: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2020
• Figure 8: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Industry: SWOT Analysis
• Figure 9: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Industry: Value Chain Analysis
• Figure 10: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Industry: Porter's Five Forces Analysis
• Figure 11: United States: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 12: United States: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market Forecast (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 13: Europe: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 14: Europe: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market Forecast (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 15: China: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 16: China: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market Forecast (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 17: India: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 18: India: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market Forecast (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 19: Others: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 20: Others: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market Forecast (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 21: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Small Molecule) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 22: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Small Molecule) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 23: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Biopharmaceutical) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 24: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Biopharmaceutical) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 25: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Vaccine) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 26: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Vaccine) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 27: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Sterile) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 28: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Sterile) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 29: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Non-Sterile) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 30: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Non-Sterile) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 31: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Plastic Bottles) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 32: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Plastic Bottles) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 33: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Caps and Closures) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 34: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Caps and Closures) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 35: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Blister Packs) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 36: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Blister Packs) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 37: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Prefilled Syringes) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 38: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Prefilled Syringes) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 39: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Parenteral Vials and Ampoules) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
• Figure 40: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging (Parenteral Vials and Ampoules) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Figure 41: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging: Detailed Process Flow
• Figure 42: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging: Conversion Rate of Feedstocks
• Figure 43: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Proposed Plant Layout
• Figure 44: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Breakup of Capital Costs (in %)
• Figure 45: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Industry: Profit Margins at Various Levels of the Supply Chain
• Figure 46: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Production Cost Breakup (in %)

List of Tables

• Table 1: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2020 and 2026
• Table 2: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Industry (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Table 3: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Type (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Table 4: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Packaging (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Table 5: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million US$), 2021-2026
• Table 6: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Competitive Structure
• Table 7: Global: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Market: Key Players
• Table 8: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Costs Related to Land and Site Development (in US$)
• Table 9: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Costs Related to Civil Works (in US$)
• Table 10: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Costs Related to Machinery Unit (in US$)
• Table 11: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Raw Material Requirements (in Tons/Day) and Expenditures (in US$/Ton)
• Table 12: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Costs Related to Salaries and Wages (in US$)
• Table 13: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Costs Related to Other Capital Investments (in US$)
• Table 14: Details of Financial Assistance Offered by Financial Institutions
• Table 15: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Capital Costs (in US$)
• Table 16: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Techno-Economic Parameters
• Table 17: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Taxation and Depreciation (in US$)
• Table 18: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Income Projections (in US$)
• Table 19: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Expenditure Projections (in US$)
• Table 20: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Cash Flow Analysis Without Considering the Income Tax Liability (in US$)
• Table 21: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Cash Flow Analysis on Considering the Income Tax Liability (in US$)
• Table 22: Pharmaceutical Contract Packaging Plant: Profit and Loss Account (in US$)