Over the years, the popularity of biologics has led to an evident shift in the focus of pharmaceutical companies, from traditional interventions towards more complex and advanced pharmacological interventions, such as peptide therapeutics. Since the discovery of insulin, the peptide therapeutics market has evolved significantly. The increasing demand for companies capable of offering manufacturing and, in certain cases, development services to biopharmaceutical players has resulted in the establishment of several CMOs. Most of these contract service providers have profound experience in niche and emerging areas. The innate expertise and availability of the required capabilities and infrastructure enables CMOs to effectively fulfil the requirements of their clients, eliminate costly oversights and, thereby, reduce chances of failure. As pharma companies resume full-scale operation after the COVID-19 outbreak, the demand for large-scale peptide therapeutics contract API manufacturing is expected to increase significantly.
The in-house development of peptide API requires necessary expertise and capabilities, including design, construction and maintenance of a facility which demands significant capital investments. Therefore, several small drug developers and, at times, certain pharma giants as well, have started outsourcing their manufacturing operations to contract service providers.
