The New Trend of API Sourcing and Contract Manufacturing in China

The New Trend of API Sourcing and Contract Manufacturing in China

For years China has been one of the main places for global drug companies to source APIs and pharma intermediates or contract out the manufacturing work of such compounds. Almost all world major pharma companies have sourced a variety of APIs and pharma intermediates in the country.

However, the fast growth of this Chinese industry experienced significant growth slowdown in the last one year or so. The financial crisis, which occurred coincidentally as the Chinese industry experienced the sharp decrease in API demand, is only one of the factors to blame. The quality incident in supply chain that involves Chinese companies has directly led to the apparent change in the raw material sourcing pattern of global drug companies in China.

Driven by the severe reality, a series of improvements have recently been made within the industry since the quality incident, including the revision of the current cGMP standard. Meanwhile, a number of foreign companies possessing specialty in quality control also rushed to China to help Chinese companies upgrade their quality control system and management. As a result of all these efforts, at present a fairly large number of drug companies from all over the world are still sourcing APIs in China or outsourcing the manufacturing work to the Chinese companies.

The report The New Trend of API Sourcing and Contract Manufacturing in China published by JZMed summarizes the latest developments in the Chinese API and CMO industry including the current industry and market size, service and manufacturing capability and capacity, the latest improvements made by both Chinese companies and government in product quality control and management, and the latest API sourcing pattern of global drug companies in China.

The report is a must-read book to all professionals in the industries of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, financial investment and outsourcing service that are interested in API supply and contract manufacturing in China or learning how the Chinese industry has been performing under the severe situation and how it will likely develop in the near future. It is also a valuable reference book to drug regulatory agencies and other government agencies that are involved in strategic planning for development of pharmaceutical industry in their own countries.

Key Findings of the Report:

• Chinese API industry experienced significant growth slowdown in 2009. The financial crisis is only one of the factors to blame. It was the quality incident in the supply chain involving Chinese companies that has woken up drug companies and consequently changed their sourcing patterns in China. Governments in the Western countries have also been tightening up the regulations for drugs (including APIs) imported from other countries.
• The total annual output of the combined Chinese API manufacturers reached close to $31 B in 2009, representing a 3% decrease over 2008. Of which, about half ($16 B) was marketed overseas, but the export value decreased 8% compared to 2008. The main drop in the export value occurred in the well regulated Western markets, which is in accordance with the current API sourcing practice of the Western pharma companies in China. In contrast, the Chinese-made APIs marketed in the emerging and other developing countries increased 20% during the same time period.
• China currently can make about three fourths of the world total API products. There are about 1,300 registered API makers in China. The industry is highly fragmented at present. About 70% of them have small molecule synthetic API products marketed overseas; but only about 13% of them have the export value exceeding $1 M. About 11% of companies have APIs registered with the internationally recognized regulatory agencies.
• China's current total API production capacity is around 800,000 metric tons a year. It is the world largest API producer of penicillin, amoxillin and a number of other antibiotics with the total production capacity of close to 200,000 metric tons a year. China is also the world largest producer of APIs of vitamins, accounting for about 60% of the global output of vitamin APIs, with the annual production capacity close to 300,000 metric tons.
• At present most contract manufacturing work outsourced to China has been centered on small molecule APIs. Outsourcing of APIs for macro compound-based drugs is still very rare in China. The outsourcing demands for multi-kilogram scale manufacturing of APIs of developmental drugs is also low in China. The market size of this type of outsourcing has been small. Most professional Chinese CMOs presently still do not have the FDA- or EMEA-certified cGMP production facilities to manufacture APIs to support drug development although they possess the strong capability in chemical process research and development and scale-up synthesis.
• At present the Chinese API manufacturing industry is still a huge mix. There are many cases in which a large number of companies manufacture the same products; but their product quality and after-sales service are significantly different. The majority of them have been serving only the domestic customers. On the other hand, there are indeed a number of Chinese API suppliers that are technically sufficiently strong.
• The widely accepted API quality control standards such as the US Pharmacopeia (USP), the European Pharmacopeia (EUP) and the International Conference of Harmonization (ICHQ7) are currently being followed by many Chinese companies. The internationally recognized API quality certificates such as DMF, EDMF, CEP or COS are also common in those top tier API suppliers.
• Even though the quality incident has retarded many drug companies sourcing APIs in China, the current severe financial crisis has made the country still considerably attractive as achieving as much cost reduction as possible has never become so critical to all drug companies around the world.
• These factors will thus drive the further development of the Chinese API industry in the near future. The on-going nationwide healthcare reform in China will also further drive up the demands for high quality API products in the domestic market.
• Considering all these factors, coupled with the series of actions taken to correct the drawbacks, it is expected that the Chinese API industry will perform better in 2010. The total market value of the Chinese API industry is believed to reach $32-33 B by the end of 2010, a growth of about 5-8% over 2009. In the following five years after 2010, the industry is expected to continue to grow in around 15% each year (CAGR) and its total output could reach as much as $65 B by the end of 2015.
• Similarly, in 2010 the Chinese-made APIs marketed overseas will likely return to the positive growth territory with a predicted growth rate of around 2-4%. The market value of the exported Chinese-made APIs could reach close to $17 B by the end of 2010. In the five years after 2010 the growth rate of this sector could maintain at around 13% (CAGR) and the total market value could reach $30 B by 2015.
• Along with its future growth, the Chinese industry will still face a number of challenges including the fast rise of labor cost, constantly raised standards of product quality and environment protection and the competitions from other developing countries.

Key Features of the Report:

• The Report is focused on the quality issue of the Chinese API industry. It analyzes the historical and cultural reasons that cause the quality incident. It also describes what improvements have been made within the industry since the quality incident.
• The Report is thus not designed to tell API seekers what China has. Rather, it is designed to tell them who are the best ones in China at present, who have had the most improvements so far in manufacturing technology and quality control, what new regulations have been added into quality control by Chinese government, etc.
• The Report also well summarized the latest developments in the Chinese API industry after it was double hit by the quality incident and the global financial crisis.
• The Report is the first time ever that describes from a variety of angles the current industry and market sizes and manufacturing capability and capacity of the Chinese API industry, including the detailed analysis of its positions in the same industry of Asia and the world.
• The Report also presents the detailed discussions on the common technical weakness of Chinese API makers, the cultural features of Chinese enterprises and the mindset of their executives. It also made detailed comparisons of the differences in business principles and conduct between the East and the West. A complete package of practical strategies of how to overcome the barriers and effectively conduct API sourcing and outsourcing in China is also included.
• The Report also provides our in-depth analysis of the future development potentials of the Chinese API and CMO industries including their future growth drivers and resistors.
• The Report also included the detailed company profiles of fifteen top tier players in the Chinese API and contract manufacturing industries. For each company, a variety of areas are examined including their technical capability, manufacturing facility and capacity, quality control system, product list, DMF/EDMF filing status, global presence, service history and experience and detailed contact information, etc.

Your Questions Are Answered

The Report provides the detailed answers to a variety of questions that you must want to know:

• What has happened to the Chinese API industry after the quality incident?
• How do Chinese companies manage product quality? What are the differences between their approaches and those practiced by the Western drug companies?
• What is the current status of the cGMP regulation in China? How is it different from those in the Western countries? What to expect in the new Chinese cGMP standard?
• What are the key criteria of choosing a Chinese CMO or API maker? How to differentiate the best vendors from a large pool of similar ones? How to avoid the quality issue in API sourcing or outsourcing in China?
• Who have the best quality control management system in China? What quality grades/certificates do they have? Who owns the most DMFs/EDMFs?
• How about the technical competence of Chinese API makers or CMOs compared with their counterparts in the world? What are the weak points of Chinese companies?
• Who are currently still sourcing APIs and/or seeking contract manufacturing service in China?
• How will the Chinese API and CMO industries develop in the future? What are the driving forces and obstacles of their future growth?

Contents

• Scope of the Report
• About Author
• Executive Summary
• Chapter One: The Latest Developments of API Sourcing and Contract Manufacturing in China
• Summary
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 What happened in recent two years to the Chinese CMO and API manufacturing industries?
  • 1.3 Analysis of the consequences of the quality incident and the impact of the financial crisis
    • 1.3.1 Major pharma companies have changed their API sourcing pattern in China
    • 1.3.2 Global regulatory agencies are also tightening up policies on quality control of imported APIs and generic drugs
  • 1.4 What is the problem with Chinese API suppliers?
  • 1.5 What improvements have been made since the quality incident?
    • 1.5.1 Chinese government has revised cGMP standard and started implementing the new policy
    • 1.5.2 FDA setting up offices in China to strengthen the inspection on Chinese API suppliers
    • 1.5.3 Improvements made by Chinese API suppliers and CMOs
    • 1.5.4 Foreign companies rushing to China to help Chinese companies upgrade their quality control system and management
    • 1.5.5 Chinese companies expanding their presence in the Western markets
  • 1.6 Reactions of the global pharma industry to the series of improvements
    • 1.6.1 Western pharma companies still sourcing APIs in China
    • 1.6.2 Recent market reactions to the Chinese-made APIs
    • 1.6.3 Indian companies increasing sourcing of APIs and pharma intermediates in China
• Chapter Two: Current Market Size, Service Capability and Key Players
  • Summary
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Current market size and service capability of Chinese CMO industry
    • 2.2.1 Current market size of Chinese CMO industry
    • 2.2.2 How to compare it with global CMO market
      • 1. Current market size of global CMO industry
      • 2. Current market size of Asian CMO industry
    • 2.2.3 Current service capability of Chinese CMO industry
  • 2.3 Current market size and service capability of Chinese API industry
    • 2.3.1 Current total market size of Chinese API industry
    • 2.3.2 Current market value of Chinese-made APIs marketed overseas
    • 2.3.3 How to compare it with the global API market
      • 1. Current market size of global API industry
      • 2. Current market size of Asian API industry
    • 2.3.4 Current manufacturing capability and capacity of Chinese API industry
    • 2.3.5 Current service capability of Chinese companies in API manufacturing of developmental drugs
  • 2.4 Case studies: Key players of Chinese API industry
• Chapter Three: How to Effectively Conduct API Sourcing and Outsourcing in China
  • Summary
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Analysis of the weakness of Chinese API makers, issues associated with the Chinese API supply chain and solutions of how to overcome them
• 3.3 Classification of Chinese CMOs and API suppliers
• 3.4 Analysis of the key differences between the Chinese cGMP and the Western cGMP
• 3.5 What API quality standards are followed nowadays by Chinese API makers?
• 3.6 Analysis of the differences in business principles between Chinese companies and their Western counterparts and practical advices of how to avoid pitfalls in sourcing/outsourcing in China
  • 3.6.1 Differences in business conduct between the West and the East
    • 1. Long-term business development goals versus short term business development goals
    • 2. Assumed responsibility versus required responsibility
    • 3. Consistency versus randomness
    • 4. Business relationship versus personal relationship
    • 5. Summary of the characteristics of Chinese culture in business conduct
  • 3.6.2 Two approaches in sourcing/outsourcing APIs in China
  • 3.6.3 How to avoid pitfalls in sourcing/outsourcing APIs in China
• 3.7 How to set criteria for choosing a CMO and/or an API supplier in China
• 3.8 Strategies for effective collaboration with Chinese companies
• 3.9 Advices to small biotech companies outsourcing in China
• Chapter Four: Future Development of Chinese API and Contract Manufacturing Industry
  • Summary
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Analysis of external drivers of future growth of Chinese API and contract manufacturing industries
  • 4.2.1 Analysis of the demand for APIs of marketed drugs
  • 4.2.2 Analysis of the demand for contract manufacturing of APIs of developmental drugs
• 4.3 Analysis of internal drivers of future growth of Chinese API and contract manufacturing industries
  • 4.3.1 Improvements in technical capability and product quality control
  • 4.3.2 China is implementing the new cGMP standard which is closer to that implemented by the EMEA
  • 4.3.3 On-going nationwide healthcare reform
  • 4.3.4 More investors interested in investing in Chinese CMOs and/or API suppliers
• 4.4 Market development forecast of Chinese API and contract manufacturing industries
  • 4.4.1 Market growth forecast of Chinese CMO industry
  • 4.4.2 Market growth forecast of Chinese API industry
  • 4.4.3 Future growth forecast of Chinese API export industry
• 4.5 How to compare them with the future growth of global markets
  • 4.5.1 Future growth forecast of global CMO industry
  • 4.5.2 Future growth forecast of Asian CMO industry
  • 4.5.3 Future growth forecast of global API market
  • 4.5.4 Future growth forecast of Asian API market
• 4.6 Future growth pattern of Chinese API and contract manufacturing industries
  • 4.6.1 More Chinese-made APIs and finished drugs will be marketed in the well regulated markets
    • 1. Market growth forecast of Chinese-made dosage form medicines marketed overseas
    • 2. How to compare with the same industry sector in India
  • 4.6.2 Major pharma companies will license generic drugs from Chinese companies and market them worldwide
  • 4.6.3 More consolidations
  • 4.6.4 Contract manufacturing of biologic APIs will gradually grow in China
• 4.7 Key issues Chinese API suppliers and CMOs will still face in the near future
  • 4.7.1 Fast rise of labor cost
  • 4.7.2 Higher standards of product quality and environment protection
  • 4.7.3 Abiding by the international rule of the game
  • 4.7.4 Competition from neighboring countries
    • Profiled Companies
    • Research Methodology
• List of Tables
  • Table 1. Comparison of market changes in Chinese API export sector between 2008 and 2009
  • Table 2. Major pharma companies expanding their manufacturing facilities or building new ones in China
  • Table 3. Major global CMOs or API makers expanding their manufacturing facilities or building new ones in China
  • Table 4. Chinese companies improving quality control in their API production
  • Table 5. Western companies entering the Chinese market to help upgrade quality control system and management in Chinese API manufacturing and sourcing industry
  • Table 6. Chinese companies expanding their presence in the Western markets
  • Table 7. Examples of Western pharma companies currently still sourcing APIs or pharma intermediates in China
  • Table 8. Examples of Western pharma and biotech companies currently having collaborations with Chinese counterparts
  • Table 9. Examples of Indian companies currently sourcing pharma products in China
  • Table 10. Current market size and development history of Chinese CMO industry
  • Table 11. Current market size and development history of global CMO industry
  • Table 12. Comparisons of CMO market sizes between China and India (2007-2009)
  • Table 13. Current market value and growth history of Chinese API industry
  • Table 14. Current market size and growth history of Chinese API export industry
  • Table 15. Analysis of distributions of global API market in 2009
  • Table 16. Current market value and growth history of global API industry
  • Table 17. Current market value and growth history of global merchant APIs (both generic drugs and innovative drugs)
  • Table 18. Analysis of the contributions of Asian countries to the global merchant API industry
  • Table 19. Chinese API suppliers and the total number of their registered APIs (DMFs/EDMFs/COS's)
  • Table 20. Chinese API suppliers focusing on cancer medicines (Including the list of their cancer drug APIs and contact information)
  • Table 21. Chinese companies that have FDA/EMEA certified cGMP facilities (including their contact information)
  • Table 22. Comparison of different approaches to product quality management between Chinese companies and Western companies
  • Table 23. Analysis of current issues in Chinese API supply chain and solutions to overcome them
  • Table 24. Current top tier professional CMOs in China (including their contact information)
  • Table 25. Current second tier professional CMOs in China (including their contact information)
  • Table 26. Current top tier Chinese API suppliers (including their contact information)
  • Table 27. Current second tier Chinese API suppliers (including their contact information)
  • Table 28. Major characteristics of Chinese business principles
  • Table 29. Examples of Chinese API makers or drug companies improving their manufacturing capability
  • Table 30. Chinese companies able to manufacture high potency APIs
  • Table 31. Examples of Chinese CMOs or API makers that recently received financial investments
  • Table 32. Future market growth forecast of Chinese CMO industry
  • Table 33. Future growth forecast of total output of Chinese API industry
  • Table 34. Market growth forecast of Chinese-made APIs marketed overseas
  • Table 35. Comparison of market sizes between Chinese CMO industry and global CMO industry
  • Table 36. Future growth forecast of global CMO market
  • Table 37. Future growth forecast of global API market
  • Table 38. Future growth forecast of global merchant API markets of generic and innovative drugs
  • Table 39. Future growth forecast of Asian merchant API market
  • Table 40. Current market value and future growth forecast of Chinese-made dosage form medicines marketed overseas
  • Table 41. Current market value and future development forecast of Indian-made dosage form medicines marketed overseas
  • Table 42. Latest examples of consolidations in Chinese API industry
  • Table 43. Chinese companies able to manufacture biologic products
• List of Figures
  • Figure 1. Quarter-over-quarter market development trend of Chinese CMO industry in 2008 and 2009
  • Figure 2. Current market size and development history of Chinese CMO industry
  • Figure 3. Analysis of current global demands for API manufacturing of both small molecule and macro compound-based drugs
  • Figure 4. Current market size and growth history of global CMO industry
  • Figure 5. Current CMO market size comparison between China and India
  • Figure 6. Current market value and growth history of Chinese API industry
  • Figure 7. Actual development history of Chinese-made APIs marketed overseas
  • Figure 8. Current market value and growth history of total global API industry
  • Figure 9. Current market sizes and growth history of global merchant APIs (both generic drugs and innovative drugs)
  • Figure 10. Summary of current state of Chinese API manufacturing industry
  • Figure 11. Summary of current production capacity of Chinese API industry
  • Figure 12. Major pharma companies having manufacturing facilities in China
  • Figure 13. Case study on fast growing Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
  • Figure 14. Case study on fast rising Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
  • Figure 15. Classification and rating of professional Chinese CMOs
  • Figure 16. Classification and rating of Chinese API suppliers
  • Figure 17. Criteria for effectively choosing Chinese CMOs and API suppliers
  • Figure 18. Advices of how to effectively source APIs in China
  • Figure 19. Growth trend of Pfizer's manufacturing outsourcing
  • Figure 20. Summary of future growth drivers of Chinese API and contract manufacturing industry
  • Figure 21. Future growth forecast of Chinese contract manufacturing service industry
  • Figure 22. Future growth forecast of total output of Chinese API industry
  • Figure 23. Future growth forecast of Chinese-made APIs marketed overseas
  • Figure 24. Future growth forecast of global CMO market
  • Figure 25. Future growth forecast of Asian CMO market
  • Figure 26. Future growth forecast of total global API output
  • Figure 27. Future growth forecast of global merchant API markets of generic and innovative drugs
  • Figure 28. Summary of future development trend of API markets in North America and Western Europe
  • Figure 29. Future growth forecast of Asian merchant API market
  • Figure 30. Future growth forecast of Chinese-made dosage form medicines marketed overseas
  • Figure 31. Future growth forecast of Indian-made dosage form medicines marketed overseas

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