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Drug delivery devices are designed to administer specific drugs to targeted areas of the body for disease treatment. These devices find application in various patient care environments, including hospitals, diagnostic centers, clinics, and home care settings.
The primary routes of drug administration through these devices encompass oral drug delivery, injectable drug delivery, topical drug delivery, ocular drug delivery, pulmonary drug delivery, nasal drug delivery, transmucosal drug delivery, and implantable drug delivery. Oral drug delivery involves the administration of a tablet or capsule into the alimentary canal of a human being. Patient care settings where these devices are utilized include hospitals, diagnostic centers, ambulatory surgery centers/clinics, home care settings, and others. The diverse applications of these drug delivery devices span across areas such as cancer, infectious diseases, respiratory diseases, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, central nervous system disorders, and more.
Tariffs are impacting the drug delivery devices market by increasing costs of imported polymers, electronic components, precision molds, sensors, and infusion system parts used across injectables, inhalers, and implantable devices. Healthcare providers and device manufacturers in North America and Europe are most affected due to reliance on cross-border component sourcing, while Asia-Pacific faces export-related cost pressures. These tariffs are raising device prices and slowing procurement cycles. However, they are also driving localization of device manufacturing, regional supplier development, and innovation in cost-efficient delivery technologies.
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The drug delivery devices market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $95.99 billion in 2025 to $102.15 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.4%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to rising prevalence of chronic diseases, expansion of injectable therapies, growth in hospital-based drug administration, increasing use of infusion devices, advancements in pharmaceutical formulations.
The drug delivery devices market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $128.94 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.0%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing adoption of home-based drug delivery, rising investments in personalized medicine, expansion of biologics and biosimilars, growing demand for connected delivery devices, increasing integration of digital health platforms. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption of smart drug delivery devices, rising use of self-administration injection systems, growing demand for controlled release technologies, expansion of wearable drug delivery platforms, enhanced focus on patient-centric designs.
Rising healthcare expenditure is anticipated to drive the growth of the drug delivery devices market in the coming years. Healthcare spending refers to the total financial resources allocated to health-related services and products, including expenditures on hospitals, physicians, nursing care, prescription medicines, and public health initiatives. Healthcare spending is increasing due to factors such as an aging population, the growing prevalence of chronic diseases, advancements in medical technologies, and escalating costs of healthcare services and pharmaceuticals. Higher healthcare expenditure supports the development of drug delivery devices by enabling greater investment in research, innovation, and the adoption of advanced technologies that enhance treatment effectiveness and patient outcomes. For example, in May 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics, a UK-based government department, healthcare expenditure in the United Kingdom reached approximately $379 billion (£292 billion) in 2023. This represented a 5.6% nominal increase compared with 2022, a notable rise from the 0.9% growth recorded in the previous year. Therefore, increasing healthcare spending is contributing to the growth of the drug delivery devices market.
Leading players operating in the drug delivery devices market are focusing on the development of advanced solutions, such as targeted oral release capsules, to improve treatment efficacy and reduce systemic side effects. Targeted oral release capsules are designed to withstand the acidic conditions of the stomach and release active ingredients accurately in specific regions of the gastrointestinal tract, thereby enhancing bioavailability and localizing therapy. For instance, in September 2024, Evonik, a Germany-based specialty chemicals and life sciences company, introduced its EUDRACAP colon capsules, which are intended for the delivery of sensitive active substances to the ileo-colonic region. These capsules enable the administration of live biotherapeutic products, oral biologics, peptides, proteins, and nucleotides while maintaining their stability through customized EUDRAGIT coatings. The EUDRACAP colon capsules also simplify formulation development with a ready-to-fill design and accelerate time to market by reducing development complexity. This advancement expands Evonik's EUDRACAP platform and reinforces its system solutions portfolio for advanced oral drug delivery.
In October 2024, Aptar Pharma, a US-based supplier of drug delivery systems and active material science solutions, acquired the device technology assets of SipNose Nasal Delivery Systems for an undisclosed sum. Through this acquisition, Aptar seeks to broaden its intranasal drug delivery portfolio, strengthen its nose-to-brain delivery capabilities, and accelerate innovation in central nervous system therapeutic platforms. SipNose, an Israel-based company, develops intranasal delivery devices for both liquid and dry powder formulations, enabling local, systemic, and direct brain delivery of active ingredients.
Major companies operating in the drug delivery devices market are Becton Dickinson and Company, Baxter International, B. Braun Melsungen AG, Catalent, West Pharmaceutical Services Inc., Gerresheimer AG, Smiths Medical, Elcam Medical, SMC Ltd., Injex, Ypsomed Holding AG, Nemera, H&T Presspart, Syqe Medical, Antares Pharma, Julphar, Teleflex Medical, Kedalion Therapeutics, MediPrint Ophthalmics, Sorrel Medical, Terumo Corporation, Gilero
North America was the largest region in the drug delivery devices market in 2025. Asia-Pacific was the second-largest region in the global drug delivery devices market. The regions covered in the drug delivery devices market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the drug delivery devices market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain
The drug delivery devices market consists of sales of instruments such as smart pills, inhalers and nebulizers, drug-eluting stents, safety syringes, and transdermal patches. Values in this market are factory gate values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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