Middle East and Africa Sequencing Reagents Market is expected to reach US$ 641.62 million by 2028

The next generation sequencing segment by technology is estimated to lead the market growth during the forecast period.

According to a new market research study of “Middle East and Africa Sequencing Reagents Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Regional Analysis by Technology, Application, Reagent Type, End User and Country.” The Middle East and Africa sequencing reagents market is expected to reach US$ 641.62 million by 2028 from US$ 303.83 million in 2021; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 11.3% from 2021 to 2028. The report highlights trends prevailing in the Middle East and Africa sequencing reagents market and the factors driving market along with those that act as hindrances.

The Middle East and Africa sequencing reagents market, by technology, is segmented into next generation sequencing, sanger sequencing, and third generation sequencing. The next generation sequencing segment held the largest share of the market in 2020. However, the sanger sequencing segment is anticipated to register the highest CAGR in the market during the forecast period.

Genomic sequencing technologies have revolutionized mutation detection of the genetic diseases in the past few years. In recent years, the third-generation sequencing (TGS) has been gaining insight into more genetic diseases, owing to the single molecular and real time sequencing technology. One of these new technologies was developed by Pacific Biosciences and is called Single-Molecule Sequencing in Real Time (SMRT). SMRT is very efficient, which means that fewer expensive chemicals must be used. It is also incredibly sensitive, enabling scientists to effectively ‘eavesdrop’ on DNA polymerase and observe it making a strand of DNA. A rise in the demand for third-generation sequencing (TGS) technologies is attributive to the lucrative growth rate of this segment. With the emergence of TGS, genome sequencing has become a faster and reliable method to study genomic variations. Also, personalized medicine offers the most promising approaches to tackle diseases, which have far eluded effective treatments or cures. Increasing adoption of personalized medicines for disease treatments using the patient’s genetic information is expected to aid in offering targeted treatment. This, in turn, is expected to create lucrative growth opportunities for the sequencing reagent market soon.

The COVID-19 pandemic has become the most significant challenge in the Middle East region. This challenge would be particularly frightening for the region's fragile and conflict-torn states, such as Iraq and Israel, because it will result in reduced imports due to global trade disruptions, which will exacerbate shortages of medical supplies and other goods, resulting in significant price rise.  However, the sequencing reagents market in this pandemic is on rising as increasing use of sequencing reagents in the clinical studies of COVID-19. Diagnostic and treatments of COVID-19 needs a huge the clinical study for which sequencing reagents are important thus the demand of the reagents is increasing. These factors had a potential impact on the Middle East and Africa sequencing reagents market.

The growth of the market is attributed to some key driving factors such as increasing demand for third generation sequencing and personalized medicines is expected to boost the sequencing reagents market. However, dearth of skilled professionals is expected to obstruct the growth of the market to a certain extent during the forecast years.

QIAGEN, Takara Bio Inc., THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC., TriLink BioTechnologies Inc, F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD., Illumina, Inc., FLUIDIGM CORPORATION and LGC Biosearch Technologies are among the leading companies operating in the Middle East and Africa sequencing reagents market.

The report segments in Middle East and Africa Sequencing Reagents Market as follows:

By Technology

• Next Generation Sequencing
• Sanger Sequencing
• Third Generation Sequencing

By Reagent Type

• Control Kits
• Library Kits
• Template Kits
• Sequencing Kits
• Other Reagent Types

By Application

• Agri genomics and Forensics
• Clinical Investigation
• Oncology
• Reproductive Health
• Other Applications

By End User    

• Hospitals and Clinics
• Research Institutes
• Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies
• Other End Users

By Country

• UAE
• Saudi Arabia
• South Africa
• Rest of Middle East and Africa