Global 3D Cell Culture Market Size (2024 - 2029)

3D Cell Culture Market Analysis

The 3D cell culture market is expected to register a CAGR of 12.5% during the forecast period, 2022-2027.

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have a significant impact on the market. Researchers working on COVID-19 with relevant matrices for 3D cell culture and suitable for air-liquid interface culture need to investigate in vitro the mechanisms of the systemic consequences of cell cultures and to test potential therapies in a physiological microenvironment. This is the primary reason why 3D cell cultures are used in COVID-19 research. According to an article appearing in Frontiers Online in March 2021 titled, 3D Tissue Models as an Effective Tool for Studying Viruses and Vaccine Development, there are benefits of using 3D tissue culture techniques over 2D tissue culture when studying viral infections and the implications with regards to studying COVID-19. The study also found that techniques like organoids and spheroid cultures have been shown to replicate systems of viral infection more accurately than 2D cultures and to produce morphology and biochemical behaviors required to allow for viral infection in cases where 2D cultures do not.

The 3D cell culture market is witnessing stable growth due to factors like the use of 3D cell culture models as alternative tools for in vivo testing, the development of large-scale automated cell culture systems, and the rising need for organ transplantation. The 3D cell culture and co-culture models have huge benefits since they not only enable drug safety and efficacy assessment in a more in vivo-like context than traditional 2D cell cultures, but they can eliminate the species differences that pose limitations in the interpretation of the preclinical outcomes, by allowing drug testing directly in human systems. Additionally, with the increase in demand for organ transplantation, there is likely to be a demand for 3D cell cultures as there is a need to recapitulate complex aspects of human physiology, pathology, and drug responses in vitro. According to the organdonor.gov website of the United States Health Resources and Services Administration, in October 2021, 107,103 patients were on the national organ transplant waiting list in the year 2020. Data from the website also states that each year, 39,000 organ transplants are conducted in the United States. Thus, the increase in organ transplants is increasing the demand for research models where 3D cell cultures are used. This is expected to boost the market growth.

3D Cell Culture Industry Segmentation

3-dimensional (3D) cell culture is an artificially created environment in which biological cells are permitted to grow or interact with their surroundings in all three dimensions. This report analyzes and discusses the 3D cell culture market. The 3D Cell Culture Market is segmented by Product (Scaffold-Based 3D Cell Cultures, Scaffold-Free 3D Cell Cultures, Microchips, and 3D Bioreactors), Application (Drug Discovery, Tissue Engineering, Clinical Applications, and Other Applications), End User (Research Laboratories and Institutes, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Companies and Other End Users), and Geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle-East and Africa, and South America). The market report also covers the estimated market sizes and trends for 17 countries across major regions globally. The report offers the value (in USD million) for the above segments.