Worldwide pediatric vaccine market growing rapidly

Pediatric Vaccines Market, Doses, Immunization, Cases and Forecast: Worldwide Analysis


Worldwide pediatric vaccine market has been growing rapidly over the last five years as it has doubled its market share in 2011 compared to 2005. The worldwide pediatrics vaccine market is expected to be more than US$ 23 Billion by 2015 growing with a single digit CAGR during 2012 – 2015. This incremental growth has been due to blockbuster vaccines (Prevnar7, Prevnar 13, Rotarix and Rotateq) sales in Billion of US$ which made a significant contribution.

It is predicted that Pediatric proprietary vaccines will lead the segment with little less than 60% market share by 2015.The combinations & boosters and enhanced pediatric vaccines market are expected to show stagnant growth in future due to lower margins and the mature nature of these markets. Pneumococcal, DTP and Varicella together all these three vaccines control 55% of the market share in 2011. 

In number of cases Polio, Haemophiilus Influenzae Type B (HIB) and MMR cases have shown decline continuously from the year 2001 till 2011. Polio remains endemic merely in three countries and the good news is that India has not reported a single case from the past two years and on the verge of being called a polio READ MORE >