The chromatography filler market continues to expand, and the industry has huge development potential

Chromatography packing, also known as chromatography medium, refers to microsphere materials with nanopore structure, which are mainly filled in chromatography columns. According to different hydrophilic effects, chromatography fillers can be divided into two types: hydrophobic chromatography fillers and hydrophilic chromatography fillers. Chromatographic packing has the advantages of high separation efficiency, high purity, and wide range of applications. It is widely used in fields such as biomedicine, environmental protection, and food processing.

Chromatography packing is the core material of chromatography column, and the market size of chromatography packing is related to the development of chromatography column industry. According to different uses, chromatography columns can be divided into two types: preparative chromatography columns and analytical chromatography columns. Analytical chromatography columns are mainly used for laboratory analysis and testing and are widely used in the global market. The development trend of the chromatography column industry is improving, and the demand continues to increase, driving the chromatography packing market space to continue to expand. The global chromatography packing market size will reach US$2.43 billion in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 8.1%.

​According to different matrix materials, chromatography fillers can be divided into polymer fillers, inorganic fillers, silica matrix fillers, and polymer fillers. Silica gel matrix packing has the advantages of high density, high mechanical strength, and high pressure resistance. As a subdivided product of chromatographic packing, it is widely used in drug quality monitoring.

​ ​ Chromatography fillers are mainly used in the field of biomedicine. In recent years, biomedicine, as a strategic emerging industry in my country, has seen increasing industry prosperity. Driven by medical insurance policies, the scale of my country’s biopharmaceutical market continues to expand. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, my country’s biopharmaceutical market size reached 3.6 trillion yuan in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%. As a key material to improve the purity and yield of biopharmaceutical products, chromatography fillers have growing application demands. According to the “2022-2027 China Chromatography Packing Industry Application Market Demand and Development Opportunities Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center, 2021 In 2018, the size of my country’s chromatography filler market reached US$670 million, a year-on-year increase of 10.6%.

In terms of market competition, the chromatography filler industry is highly concentrated, with leading companies occupying a dominant position in the market. my country’s chromatography filler industry started late, and there is still a certain gap between production technology and overseas advanced levels. Therefore, there is a high degree of dependence on imports. The world’s most well-known chromatography filler companies include GE Healthcare, Agilent, Bio-Rad, Nouryon Kromasil, Tosoh, etc. Currently, GE Healthcare occupies nearly 50% of the global chromatography filler market and is the world’s largest chromatography filler manufacturer.

Industry analysts said that with the rapid development of the biomedical industry, the continued upgrading of market demand will bring broad development space for the chromatography filler industry. . At present, my country’s chromatography filler market is mainly dominated by foreign-funded enterprises, and the production technology level of local enterprises is relatively backward, resulting in insufficient competitive advantages. Driven by technological innovation, the development prospects of my country’s chromatography filler industry will continue to improve in the future.