Overview:

Introduction

The pharmaceutical excipients market has seen tremendous developments in recent times. Pharmaceutical excipients are increasingly being considered as functional ingredients in contrast to their earlier status as non-functional additives. Consequently, drug product manufacturers are now seeking novel, value-added excipients for new product development.

Features and benefits

* Gain a detailed understanding of the major types of pharmaceutical excipients used, including market sizing and forecasts to 2015.
* Learn from profiles of the leading players in the pharmaceutical excipients market and gain an insight into their key products.
* Assess innovations in pharmaceutical excipients that will shape the future of the market.
* Understand the regulatory environment affecting the pharmaceutical excipients market and influencing the introduction of new products.
* Gain an overview of the most important recent deals, alliances, collaborations, mergers, and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical excipients market.

Highlights

The established markets, including the US, UK, and Japan, together account for 30% of the global demand for excipients. The US recorded the largest single demand for pharmaceutical excipients, representing 15.9% of the global demand in 2009. Diluents formed the biggest category.
Business Insights expects the global excipients demand by volume to grow at a CAGR of 4.9% during 2009–15. The established markets, including the US, UK and Japan, will demonstrate a growth of 3.8% whereas the emerging markets especially China, India and Brazil will grow at a faster pace of 6.3%.
Advances in nanotechnology have redefined excipients, imparting new functions to them. An excipient can also act as a carrier of drug particles that are coated on it using nanotechnology for improved stability and release. Combination excipients are increasingly being used by formulators as they bypass regulatory and processing hurdles.

Your key questions answered

* Whjat will be the largest growth opportunities in the pharmaceutical excipients market?
* What are the key drivers and resistors that will effect the growth of the pharmaceutical excipients market?
* Who are the key players in the excipients market?
* What are the new advances in pharmaceutical excipients and which of the advances offer significant potential in the future?
* What are the key regulations that impact the pharmaceutical excipients market?

Executive Summary
   Introduction
   Regulatory framework
   Market overview
   Major players
   Innovations in pharmaceutical excipients
About the author
   Disclaimer
Introduction
   Summary
   Introduction
      Need for new excipients
   Classification based on functionality
      Bases
      Disintegrants
      Binders
      Lubricants
      Colors, flavors, and sweeteners
      Solvents and co-solvents
      Buffering agents
      Preservatives
      Wetting agents
      Thickening agents
   IPEC excipient classification
      Mixed excipients
      Co-processed excipients
   Trends in excipient production
      Trend toward China for expansion
      New avenues of development
      Future scope for non-injectables
      Growth in the excipients industry seen through expansions and acquisitions
   Drivers and resistors
Regulatory framework
   Summary
   Introduction
   IPEC-PQG GMP
   FDA perspective
   United States Pharmacopoeia (USP)
   EMA perspective
   Japan perspective
   China perspective
   Quality by Design (QbD)
   Supply chain integrity
   Regulation of novel excipients
Market overview
   Summary
   Introduction
   Global demand for excipients by function
      Diluents
      Bases
      Organoleptic agents
      Binders
      Surfactants
      Disintegrants
      Lubricants
      Others
   Global demand for excipients by region
      US
      Japan
      India
      France
      Germany
      UK
      China
      Russia
      Brazil
      Canada
   Demand outlook for excipients, 2009–15
Major players
   Summary
   BASF
      Products
   Colorcon
      Products
   Dow Chemical Company
      Products
   FMC Corporation
      Products
   Fuji Chemicals
      Products
   International Specialty Products (ISP)
      Products
   JRS Pharma
      Products
   DMV Fonterra
      Products
   Lubrizol Corporation
      Products
   Avantor Performance Materials
      Products
Innovations in pharmaceutical excipients
   Summary
   Introduction
   Future R&D trends
      Regulatory challenges
      Overcoming low solubility
      Emergence of synthetics
      Combination excipients
   Conclusion
Appendix
   Scope
   Methodology
   Abbreviations
   References