2 November, 2015, by ClinCaptureTeam
According to a newly released report by Zion Research, the global contract research market is expected to reach $59.42 billion in 2020. Last year’s market valuation was $34 billion. This accounts for a 10% compounded annual growth rate.
The demand for outsourcing clinical development to contract research organizations (CROs) has been rising steadily as a result of high in-house R&D cost as well as the high failure rate of clinical trials.
Another growing trend has been a rise in strategic alliances, joint ventures and acquisitions among vendors in the CRO market with the goal of expanding service offerings and global reach.
The report divides the CRO market into Americas, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and APAC (Asia Pacific) regions with the US CRO market dominating half of the world market share in 2014. However, Asian, Latin American and Eastern European countries are popular research destinations as they provide access to large, low-cost patient populations as well as low-cost manufacturing and skilled clinical workforce.
According to the report, last-stage clinical development sector was the largest employer in the CRO market with more than 70% of the 2014 total market share. This includes phase phase II-IV clinical studies and central lab services. This sector is projected to have the fastest growth in the next five years.
Some of the major stakeholders in the CRO market are global contract research organizations such as Quintiles, Covance, Parexel, PRA International, Charles River Laboratories, Accenture and Cognizant.
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