The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Chromatography Industry

Transformative Megatrends

• Why: Countries in the developing regions of Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Latin America (LATAM) are witnessing significant industrial activity in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and chemical and petrochemical industries; for example, the domestic production of pharmaceutical ingredients is growing in various emerging countries in response to the pharmaceutical ingredient shortages caused by pandemic-related supply chain disruptions and the promotion of investments in new drug development.
• Frost Perspective: In emerging economies, vendors must create awareness among customers about advanced chromatography instruments. They must work with authorities to tighten the regulatory requirements in developing countries. They must also strengthen their inventory and open manufacturing centers in these countries to improve customer access.

Internal Challenges

• Why: Equipment downtime can be largely avoided with the help of trained analytical scientists, robust and validated methods, and well-documented troubleshooting methods. However, with the retirement of experienced analytical chemists and a lack of practical training for new ones in using equipment, troubleshooting has become more challenging.
• Frost Perspective: It is important to maintain high-quality troubleshooting documents that offer a comprehensive analysis of the root cause of the issue. Technicians should receive thorough training to help them identify and minimize human errors, which can improve productivity.

Disruptive Technologies

• Why: Chromatography instruments generate large amounts of data that must be analyzed to arrive at results. However, at some point in the process, most of the informatics requires manual intervention. Different techniques generate data in different formats. Therefore, a specialized informatics tool is always required to bring the data back to the decision-making process. Thus, the lack of proper informatics tools for different types is an issue.
• Frost Perspective: Manufacturers must create a common platform to store and access data for different analyses, which will optimize comparison and decision-making processes. A platform with a universal format will reduce effort, save time, and drive laboratory automation while decreasing the cost of new systems and software.

Geographic scope:

• NALA: The United States and Canada and LATAM
• Europe: Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Scandinavia, CIS countries (Russia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Armenia), and the Rest of Europe (ROE includes Benelux, Iberia, Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Turkey, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Switzerland, and Romania)
• APAC: India, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), and the Rest of APAC
• The Middle East and Africa: The Middle East (Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Kuwait, Oman, and Lebanon) and Africa (South Africa, West Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa)

Growth Drivers

• Chromatograph manufacturers are offering reliable and efficient service and support in the face of competition to strengthen the customer ownership experience and drive sales.
• A broad range of applications in the pharmaceutical industry, including new drug development and clinical research, is facilitating global industry growth.
• The food and beverage industry’s high reliance on chromatographs for quality control is enabling the chromatography industry’s growth.

Growth Restraints

• The lack of skilled technicians is hindering industry growth.
• Chromatographs' high maintenance requirements will impact their adoption.