China Biomedical Membrane Market Status and Future Development Trends 2022-2028

Reprint from Global Info Research May 10, 2022, 17:44 Guangdong

Membrane separation technology is a simple, efficient, energy-saving, easily scalable separation technique that causes minimal pollution. In the process of drug separation and purification, it does not involve phase change issues and has a low incidence of secondary pollution, making it widely used in the biopharmaceutical field. Membrane separation techniques such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration, and reverse osmosis have become major technologies in the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Microfiltration can remove large molecules or solid particulate impurities from the extraction liquid; ultrafiltration can reduce nucleic acids, polysaccharides, proteins, and other impurities; nanofiltration can desalinate and concentrate the extraction liquid, obtaining enriched oligosaccharides.

In 2021, China's bioMedical Membrane market sales revenue reached 285million, with an expected increase to 529 million by 2028, marking a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% from 2022 to 2028.

Figure 1: Revenue and Growth Rate of China's Biomedical Membrane Market (2017-2028) 

Biomedical membrane products mainly include PTFE, PVDF, PP, PSU&PESU, and others. Among them, PSU&PESU holds the largest market share, reaching 34.13% in 2021, with sales of 97.23 million.

The downstream application market for biomedical membrane products primarily includes pharmaceutical filtration, hemodialysis, sterile filtration for infusion sets, and others. Among them, pharmaceutical filtration has the largest market share, reaching 36.72% in 2021.

Pharmaceutical filtration is a process that uses a porous medium to remove solid particulate matter from a fluid, which can be either a liquid or a gas. Filtration can be easily applied to a wide variety of pharmaceutical needs and, due to this flexibility, it is extensively used in the industry.

Hemodialysis is used for hemodialysis equipment. Known as artificial kidney, dialysis is a blood purification technique that utilizes the principle of a semipermeable membrane to remove harmful metabolic waste and excess electrolytes from the body through diffusion and convection, achieving the purpose of purifying blood and correcting water-electrolyte and acid-base imbalances.

Sterile filtration for infusion sets aims to protect patients receiving medication by filtering out particulates, bacteria, and air emboli, safeguarding patients from vein inflammation caused by particulates or bacterial infections. Filters are used with many intravenous medications. Infusion filters are used to reliably prevent particles from entering the body to prevent life-threatening thrombosis or to distribute drugs precisely and controllably. The filtration/retention rate can be determined by choosing the correct pore size.