Europe and Japan Allergy Immunotherapy Market, by Treatment (Subcutaneous Immunotherapy (SCIT) and Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT)), by Allergy Type (Allergy Rhinitis, Allergy Asthma, Pollen Allergies {Cedar, Birch, Oak and Others}, Pet Allergy {Cats, Dogs and Other Pets}, Birds Allergy and Others) by Distribution Channel (Hospital Pharmacies, Retail Pharmacies and Online Pharmacies), and by Region (Europe and Japan), is estimated to be valued at US$ 2,293.56 Million in 2022 and is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 8.1% during the forecast period (2022-2030).
Key players are engaged in conducting research and development activities for development of allergy immunotherapy. This is expected to drive growth of the Europe and Japan allergy immunotherapy market, over the forecast period. For instance, in 2021, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, announced detailed results from a Phase II proof-of-concept trial evaluating the investigational antibody cocktail REGN1908-1909 in cat-allergic patients with mild asthma.
Market players are involved in entering into agreement with other companies, in order to increase funding for research and development activities as well as development of product pipeline. This is expected to drive growth of the Europe and Japan allergy immunotherapy market over the forecast period. For instance, in 2019, Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., a Nestlé Health Science Company, entered into a loan agreement of approximately US$ 170 million, with an affiliate of KKR, a leading global investment firm. This agreement helped Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. to fully fund the commercialization of the AR101 (PALFORZIA), an investigational biologic oral immunotherapy for the treatment of peanut allergy. Moreover, this agreement also helped to continue the Phase II clinical trials of the AR201 for egg allergy, which was initiated in the year 2019.
Europe and Japan Allergy Immunotherapy Market- Impact of Coronavirus (COVID – 19) Pandemic
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is expected to limit the growth of the Europe and Japan allergy immunotherapy market over the forecast period. COVID-19 is the recent pandemic outbreak, which was first reported on December 31, 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19, the number of new cases are decreasing after May 22, 2022. Therefore, as of May 22, 2022, the total number of cases reported in Europe were 1,119,084 while in Japan, the total number of cases reported till May 25, 2022 were 8,718,807