PUBLISHER: IMARC | PRODUCT CODE: 1635854
PUBLISHER: IMARC | PRODUCT CODE: 1635854
The global PEGylated proteins market size reached USD 1.4 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach USD 3.0 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 8.43% during 2025-2033. The global market is primarily driven by their enhanced therapeutic efficacy, advancements in PEGylation technologies, and the rising global prevalence of chronic diseases, fueling robust investments in biopharmaceuticals that offer improved treatment outcomes and sustained drug performance.
PEGylated proteins are biomolecules that have been modified by covalent conjugation with polyethylene glycol (PEG). It involves the PEGylation technique that improves the pharmacokinetic behavior of the medicine by altering the biological molecule's physical and chemical characteristics, such as its conformation, electrostatic binding, and hydrophobicity. PEGylated proteins are widely used in therapeutic applications, such as vaccines, hormone replacement therapy, genetic disorders, anemia, and blood clotting disorder. It is also used in various drugs for diseases, including kidney disease, multiple sclerosis, hemophilia, and cancers. PEGylated proteins help in the extension of half-life, increasing stability, solubility, and proteolytic protection, reducing renal excretion, immunogenicity, and toxicity, and enhancing the efficacy of drug delivery. Besides this, PEGylated proteins are non-toxic, water-soluble, hydrophilic, non-antigenic, and non-immunogenic.
The rising prevalence of chronic diseases, such as kidney ailments, autoimmune diseases, genetic disorders, hepatitis, and rheumatoid arthritis across the globe is one of the key factors driving the market growth. PEGylated proteins are widely used to treat inflammation, deliver corrective genes to cells, prevent blood clots, deliver growth hormones, and prevent the progression of chronic kidney disease. In line with this, the widespread product utilization in cancer treatment to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to cancer cells and reduce the side effects on healthy cells is favoring the market growth. Apart from this, various improvements in the PEGylation technology, such as the development of new PEGylation methods that can produce smaller and more complex molecules, are providing an impetus to the market growth. Additionally, the widespread adoption of PEGylation to improve the stability and half-life of colony-stimulating factors (CSFs), making them more effective as therapeutic agents, is acting as another growth-inducing factor. Furthermore, the rising adoption of protein-based drugs over non-protein-based drugs wherein PEGylation increases the circulation and half-life of the proteins, improving its efficiency, is propelling the market growth. Other factors, including the increasing number of product approvals for PEGylated proteins, development in the field of biotechnology and molecular biology engineering, the integration of PEG molecules in biopharmaceuticals and the associated advantages, rising geriatric population, and the implementation of various government initiatives to increase regulatory standards in the pharmaceutical industry, are anticipated drive the market further toward growth.
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