Physiological Saline is a mixture of sodium chloride in water and has a number of uses in medicine. Applied to the affected area it is used to clean wounds, help remove contact lenses, and help with dry eyes. By injection into a vein it is used to treat dehydration such as from gastroenteritis and diabetic ketoacidosis. It is also used to dilute other medications to be given by injection.
Note: In this report, the unit should be bottle or bag, which depends on the package of the physiological saline. The unit is based on the average size of physiological saline which is 500mL for standard estimation.
In 2016, China is the largest supplier and consumption market of physiological saline with market share of 33.92% due to the largest population. Following China, both Europe and USA occupied market share more than 20%.
In recent years, the price of physiological saline is increasing slowly due to the increase of raw materials cost. The cost increase of plastic bottles is small larger than glass bottle. While the flexible bag physiological saline is still much more expensive than the former two. In the future, more and more flexible bag and plastic bottles will be used and the glass bottle may be out the market.
In China, thanks to the policies published, the price of physiological saline and other pharmaceuticals are asked to increase. In addition, the government also argued the market concentration degree should be higher.
In the global market, the market concentration degree is higher and higher. The market share unlisted companies occupied is lower and lower. With the development of technology, the flexible bag physiological saline will be more and more.
Over the next five years, LPI(LP Information) projects that Physiological Saline will register a 4.0% CAGR in terms of revenue, reach US$ 3350 million by 2023, from US$ 2750 million in 2017.
This report studies the global market, especially in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa, focuses on the top 5 players in each region, with sales, price, revenue and market share from 2013 to 2018, the top players:
- Baxter
- Hospira (Pfizer)
- Fresenius Kabi
- BBraun
- Otsuka
- Kelun Group
- CR Double-Cran
- SSY Group
- Cisen
- Denis Chem Lab Limited
- SHREE KRISHNA KESHAV
- Pharmally
Market Segment by Regions, this report splits Global into several key Regions, with sales, revenue, market share of top players in these regions, from 2013 to 2018 (forecast), like
- North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)
- Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India and Korea)
- Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy and Russia etc.)
- South America (Brazil, Chile, Peru and Argentina)
- Middle East and Africa (Egypt, South Africa, Saudi Arabia)
Split by Product Types, with sales, revenue, price, market share of each type, can be divided into
- Flexible Bag
- Plastic Bottles
- Glass Bottles
On the basis on the end users/applications, this report covers
- Hospital
- Clinics
- Recovery Center
- Other
Split by applications, this report focuses on sales, market share and growth rate in each application, can be divided into
- Hospital
- Clinics
- Recovery Center