Market Trends of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Market according to our research experts:
Preparative SFC Holds a Significant Market Share
Over a long period of time, preparative liquid chromatography was the technique of choice for the separation of chiral compounds, either during the drug discovery process to get up to a hundred grams of a pure enantiomer or during the clinical trial phases needing kilograms of material. However, the advent of supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has changed things. Undeniably, the use of carbon dioxide as the mobile phase in SFC offers many advantages, including a high flow rate and short equilibration time. Despite some initial teething troubles, SFC is becoming the primary method for preparative chiral chromatography. A major advantage of preparative SFC is the lower solvent usage achieved by replacing a majority of the mobile phase with carbon dioxide. At the analytical scale, this advantage may be small, but on the preparative scale, the advantage is quite significant, leading to a growth in this segment of the market studied.
North America Dominates the Market
North America accounts for the largest share of the supercritical fluid chromatography market due to growing government investments and funding for research. Additionally, there are also several major pharmaceutical companies that are increasingly outsourcing their drug and development services.
The countries also have a developed and well-structured healthcare system. These systems also encourage research and development. These policies encourage global players to enter the United States and Canada. Due to their developed healthcare systems, these economies spend a high percentage of their gross domestic product on research and development. As a result, these countries enjoy the presence of many global market players and research laboratories, which are primarily the users of chromatography instrumentation. As demand is met by the presence of global players in the region, the market is further expected to grow.
