UK Drug Discovery Outsourcing Market Size & Outlook

The drug discovery outsourcing market in UK is expected to reach a projected revenue of US$ 124.3 million by 2030. A compound annual growth rate of 7.6% is expected of UK drug discovery outsourcing market from 2023 to 2030.
Revenue, 2022 (US$M)
$69.4
Forecast, 2030 (US$M)
$124.3
CAGR, 2023 - 2030
7.6%
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UK

UK drug discovery outsourcing market highlights

  • The UK drug discovery outsourcing market generated a revenue of USD 69.4 million in 2022 and is expected to reach USD 124.3 million by 2030.
  • The UK market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.6% from 2023 to 2030.
  • In terms of segment, lead identification & candidate optimization was the largest revenue generating workflow in 2022.
  • Other Associated Workflow is the most lucrative workflow segment registering the fastest growth during the forecast period.


Drug discovery outsourcing market data book summary

Market revenue in 2022USD 69.4 million
Market revenue in 2030USD 124.3 million
Growth rate7.6% (CAGR from 2022 to 2030)
Largest segmentLead identification & candidate optimization
Fastest growing segmentOther Associated Workflow
Historical data2018 - 2021
Base year2022
Forecast period2023 - 2030
Quantitative unitsRevenue in USD million
Market segmentationTarget Identification & Screening, Target Validation & Functional Informatics, Lead Identification & Candidate Optimization, Preclinical Development, Other Associated Workflow
Key market players worldwideAlbany Molecular Research, Evotec SE, Labcorp Holdings Inc, GenScript ProBio, Pharmaceutical Product Development, Charles River Laboratories International Inc, Wuxi AppTec Co Ltd, Merck & Co Inc, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, Dalton Pharma Services, Jubilant Biosys, Qiagen NV, Eurofins Scientific SE, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd Ordinary Shares - Class H, TCG Lifesciences, Syngene, Oncodesign, DiscoveRX, Domainex


Other key industry trends

  • In terms of revenue, UK accounted for 2.0% of the global drug discovery outsourcing market in 2022.
  • Country-wise, U.S. is expected to lead the global market in terms of revenue in 2030.
  • In Europe, Germany drug discovery outsourcing market is projected to lead the regional market in terms of revenue in 2030.
  • UK is the fastest growing regional market in Europe and is projected to reach USD 124.3 million by 2030.

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Lead identification & candidate optimization was the largest segment with a revenue share of 32.56% in 2022. Horizon Databook has segmented the UK drug discovery outsourcing market based on target identification & screening, target validation & functional informatics, lead identification & candidate optimization, preclinical development, other associated workflow covering the revenue growth of each sub-segment from 2018 to 2030.


Various research initiatives of the UK government in alliance with many private firms are expected to increase the potential of the UK drug discovery outsourcing market. The European Lead Factory, a collaborative public-private partnership launched a platform for discovering high quality drug molecules that were previously inaccessible. 

Seven top notch firms such as AstraZeneca; Bayer Pharma; Merck KGaA; Lundbeck; UCB Pharma; Janssen Pharmaceuticals; and Sanofi came together to give the European research community access to their guarded compound libraries. 

Screening centers in UK and Netherland use high throughput screening technique to screen around 50,000 strong compounds. In UK, research councils, such as Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); and Medical Research Council (MRC), provide investment to accelerate healthcare research, which is expected to have a positive impact on the market growth of this country.

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UK drug discovery outsourcing market outlook size, by workflow, 2018-2030 (US$M)

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