Global Allergy Treatment Market: Snapshot
The demand in the global allergy treatment market
is projected to increment at a healthy CAGR of 5.5% during the forecast
period of 2017 to 2025, gaining traction from a number of factors such
as presence of vast unmet medical needs in various emerging economies,
growing prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis along with high
consumption of tobacco, various novel molecules in pipeline, and upsurge
in allergies as a result of environmental pollution. While high cost of
immunotherapy and increasing preference of complementary and
alternative medicines (CAM) are still hindering the market from
attaining its true potential, the vendors of this market will gain new
opportunities from the advent of SPIRE, emergence of sublingual
immunotherapy (SLIT), and identification of new allergen targets.
Inhaled Allergy Leading Allergy-Type Segment
Based on allergy type, the report
segments the global allergy treatment market into inhaled allergy, food
allergy, and drug allergy, and foresees a considerable chunk of demand
coming for inhaled allergy segment throughout the forecast period. Also
known as respiratory allergy, allergic rhinitis and asthma are some of
the most common inhaled allergies that affect most of the population
across the globe. As per the estimation of the World Allergy
Organization (WAO), in 2015, nearly 500 million people were affected by
allergic rhinitis. Increasing CO2 levels and changing climate as a
result of environmental pollution are pushing inhaled allergy segment,
currently required to cater to about a billion people across the world.
Treatment-wise, the global allergy
treatment market is categorized into anti-allergy drugs and
immunotherapy. While anti-allergy drugs currently serve the maximum
demand, progress in the field of immunotherapy is expected to escalate
its demand too during the forecast period. Based on distribution
channel, retail pharmacies and drug stores segment served the maximum
demand, and is expected to sustain its position throughout the forecast
period, although online retail are also gaining popularity.
North America Continues to Serve Maximum Demand
Out of five regions analyzed by this
report for their potential for allergy treatment market, viz. North
America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and The Middle East and
Africa, North America accounted for the maximum demand in 2016, in terms
of value. A number of pharmaceutical companies in this region are
focused on the development of new and advanced allergy treatment, such
as SLIT. Prevalence of various types of allergies in this region, robust
healthcare infrastructure in developed countries such as the U.S. and
Canada, government support for R&D activities, and flourishing life
science market are some of the key factors driving the allergy treatment
market in the region of North America. As per the estimation of the
American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, nearly 27.2 million
people in the country of the U.S. suffered from allergic rhinitis in
2015, whereas about 26 million people had asthma. This substantial
demand is the expected to maintain North America are most lucrative
region for the stockholders of the global allergy treatment market.
ALK-Abelló A/S, GlaxoSmithKline plc., and
Stallergenes Greer are three prominent companies currently accounting
for the maximum share in the global allergy treatment market, dominating
via their impressive product portfolio and widespread geographical
outreach. Some of the other prominent players operating in the global
allergy treatment market are Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc., Allergy
Therapeutics, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Allergon AB, Allergan, HAL
Allergy Group, and Teva Pharmaceutical.
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