3D Cell Culture Market – Global Industry Insights, Market Size Estimation and Growth Forecast By Technology (Scaffold Based {Hydrogels, Solid Scaffolds and Others} and Scaffold Free {Microfludics, Hanging Drop Microplates, Bioreactors, Magnetic Levitations & 3D Bioprinting and Others}), By Application (Cancer Research, Drug Development, Tissue Engineering, Stem Cell Research and Others), By End User (Research Laboratories, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries, Hospitals and Diagnostic Centers and Others), & By Regions, 2017-2025

Report Description

The market for 3D cell culture has been covered under the scope of this report. 3D cell culture is a created artificial environment in which the cells grow as well as interact with the surroundings in all three dimensions. As compared two dimensional (2D) culture, cells grown in the 3D cell culture exhibit structural and compositional similarities with the cells found inside the living organism. The global 3D cell culture market has been segmented on the basis of technology, application, end user, and region. It also provides a cross sectional study of the market across broad regional segments such as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Rest of the World (RoW) under its scope. The market is primarily being driven by the rising demand of 3D cell culture in cancer research, growing usage of 3D cell culture in tissue engineering and increase in application of 3D cell culture in drug discovery among others.

A complete analysis of market dynamics, which include the market drivers, restraints and opportunities, is included under the scope of the report. Market dynamics for the different segments, namely technology, application and end user, have been covered separately, under the purview of the report. Additionally, the country level trend for each region has also been covered under the scope of the report. Thus, this report provides an exhaustive study of the global market and also provides the forecast of the market for the period from 2017 – 2025.

Under the scope of the report, several high-level analyses have been covered. This includes the product-market trend analysis, product lifecycle analysis, Porter’s five forces analysis and market attractiveness analysis. Key trends analysis discusses the current and upcoming trends of this market. Product life-cycle analysis analyzes the current lifecycle stage of the product in the four wide geographic regions, such as whether the product is approaching maturity in a region or whether it is a new entrant etc. Porter’s five forces analysis provides insights on the competitive scenario, with regards to new entrants, substitutes, buyers and suppliers. For providing a detailed insight into the global market, the market attractive analysis has been provided in the report. Market attractiveness analysis details the investment attractiveness, by each technology, application, end user and geography.

The competitive profiling of the key players in the global market and their business segments has been exhaustively covered under the purview of the study. Moreover, the specific business strategies of key players in the market have also been covered in the report.

Some major players in the market are: Becton, Dickinson and Company (The U.S.), Corning Incorporated (The U.S.), Thermo Fisher Scientific (The U.S.), Lonza Group (Switzerland), 3D Biotek LLC (The U.S.), Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (The U.S.), InSphero AG (Switzerland), Hi Media Laboratories (India), ReproCELL Europe Ltd (The U.K) and Promocell GmbH (Germany) among others.

Market Dynamics

The primary driving factors of the 3D cell culture market are increasing demand of understanding behavior of cancer cells within living organism through in vitro experiments. 3D cell culture helps researchers to understand response of cancer cells to drugs in more realistic manner. In addition, growing government initiatives and funding by private companies have facilitated development of different 3D cell culture technologies. Such developments have increased scope of applications of 3D cell culture among end users. Additionally, the rise in application of the technique in tissue engineering and stem cell research is identified as long term growth driver for the market. Growing application of 3D cell culture in new drug discovery and developing new biotechnology process are driving the growth of the market. Considering the positive impacts of the aforementioned factors, the demand for 3D cell culture is expected to grow during the forecast period from 2017 – 2025.

Segmentation Overview

Based on technology, the global market has been segmented into scaffold based and scaffold free. Scaffold based technology has been further segmented into hydrogels, solid scaffolds and others. Scaffold free technology has been further segmented into microfludics, hanging drop microplates, bioreactors, magnetic levitations & 3D bioprinting and others. In 2016, scaffold based technology held the largest share owing to greater awareness among end users, comparatively mature state of technology and convenience in application.

The market has been segmented as follows:

3D Cell Culture Market, by Technology

• Scaffold Based
  • Hydrogels
  • Solid Scaffolds
  • Others
• Scaffold Free
  • Microfludics
  • Hanging Drop Microplates
  • Bioreactors
  • Magnetic Levitations & 3D Bioprinting
  • Others

3D Cell Culture Market, by Application

• Cancer Research 
• Drug Development
• Tissue Engineering
• Stem Cell Research
• Others

3D Cell Culture Market, by End User

• Research Laboratories
• Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries
• Hospitals and Diagnostic Centers
• Others

3D Cell Culture Market, by Region:

• North America
  • The U.S.
  • Canada
• Europe
  • Germany
  • The U.K
  • Switzerland
  • Rest of the Europe
• Asia Pacific
  • China
  • Japan
  • Rest of the Asia Pacific
• Rest of the World (RoW)

Based on application, 3D cell culture market has been segmented into cancer research, drug development, tissue engineering, stem cell research and others. In 2016, cancer research held the largest share in terms of revenue. The growing application of 3D cell culture for analysis of cancer tumor and discovering new drugs were instrumental in gaining the leading position of this segment.

By end user, the market has been divided into research laboratories, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, hospitals and diagnostic centers and others. In terms of revenue, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries were the largest end use industry in 2016.

Regional Outlook

3D cell culture market has been segmented into four regions; North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC) and Rest of the World (RoW). North America occupied the largest share of the market in 2016. The large market share can be attributed to strong demand of 3D cell culture in pharmaceutical industry and research facilities in this region.

Leading Player Mapping

Some major players in the market are: Becton, Dickinson and Company (The U.S.), Corning Incorporated (The U.S.), Thermo Fisher Scientific (The U.S.), Lonza Group (Switzerland), 3D Biotek LLC (The U.S.), Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (The U.S.), InSphero AG (Switzerland), Hi Media Laboratories (India), ReproCELL Europe Ltd (The U.K) and Promocell GmbH (Germany) among others.