Budgets For Single-Use Systems On The Rise; CMOs The Biggest Spenders

By Eric Langer, president and managing partner, BioPlan Associates, Inc.

Single-use systems are rapidly becoming mainstream in the biopharmaceutical industry, even in commercial manufacturing.  Results from our 9th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers indicate that budgets for single-use components are also on the rise, meaning this trend is likely to continue. Of the 14 disposable system components we identified, budgets per respondent are up this year in 11.