WHO Initiative for Safe Syringes to Bolster Global Disposable Syringes Market

In February this year, the World Health Organization launched a global campaign to eradicate unsafe injection practices. It is estimated by the WHO that dirty needles cause around 1.3 million deaths worldwide each year. In 2010, unsafe injections led to 33,800 cases of HIV, 1.7 million cases of hepatitis B, and 315,000 cases of hepatitis C.

The new guidelines aim to ensure safer injection practices by preventing multiple use of the same syringe. The success of the program is expected to reduce healthcare bills around the world by a large degree. The WHO has urged all nations to adopt safety-engineered syringes or “smart needles” exclusively by 2020. The global disposable syringes market has got a shot in the arm with this latest development. The overall market is estimated to be worth US$7.5 billion by 2022. 

Auto-Disable Syringes: Answer to Unsafe Injections

Reusable syringes were advocated by the WHO for some time as part of vaccination programs. However, opinions changed after a study carried out in 2000, which reflected that around 40% of the 16.7 billion injections carried out that year across the globe were unsafe. Risky injection practices had a major role in the rising number of patients affected by blood-borne infections. Peter Piot, the microbiologist behind the discovery of Ebola, has attributed the reuse of syringes in West African nations as a major cause of the spread of the disease last year.

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Adoption of auto-disable (AD) syringes is the best solution to eliminate the practice of using re-usable syringes. The WHO’s campaign to adopt safe injection practices has brought much relief to Marc Koska, the inventor of the non-usable K1 auto-disable syringe , who has campaigned for the last thirty years for the use of these types of syringes. Koska is confident that demand for these “smart syringes” will rise, with 13 manufacturers in countries such as Indonesia, China, and Turkey. Koska, through his charity called Safepoint, has targeted developing nations where the usage of re-usable syringes is rampant. 

Mechanism of Auto-Disable Syringe to Ensure Safety

An auto-disable syringe has a small ring inside the barrel, which lets the specifically adapted plunger to move in only one direction. The plunger automatically locks in place after one complete injection. If forced, it gets broken, thereby making the syringe useless. The three factors that make auto-disable syringe suitable for use:

• Safety: The mechanism of the auto-disable syringe only allows one-time use and thus prevents infections caused due to reuse of syringes. Despite this innovation, the syringe is used in the same way as a normal syringe and requires no additional training for medical workers.
• Affordability: The price of an auto-disable syringe is the same as a regular syringe, an important factor in poor regions of the world, where reuse of syringes is the most rampant.
• Availability: Auto-disable syringes are manufactured on the same equipment used for standard syringe production, thereby increasing the availability of the syringes.

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Demand for Auto-Disable Syringes to Benefit Manufacturers in Disposable Syringes Market

Manufacturers in the global disposable syringes market have benefitted majorly from the WHO initiatives. The WHO is urging manufacturers to expand the production of auto-disable syringes as early as possible. After the remarkable success of polio eradication and hand-wash awareness programs, the WHO’s initiative to introduce auto-disable syringes will save around US$850 million worldwide from reduced treatment cost of diseases caused by unsafe injection practices.

Disposable Syringes Market Expected to Reach USD 7.5 Billion Globally in 2022: Transparency Market Research

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research “Disposable Syringes Market (safety and conventional syringes): Global Industry Analysis, Size, Volume, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 – 2022”, the global disposable syringes market was valued at USD 4.9 billion in 2013 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 4.9% from 2014 to 2022 to reach USD 7.5 billion by 2022.

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Disposable syringes are usually made of plastic polymeric materials and have graduated marks indicating the volume of fluid in syringes. These syringes are rapidly replacing longstanding conventional glass syringes due to their availability in pre-processed sterilized units and low cost. Demand for disposable syringes is rising due to continuous growth in the injectable drugs market coupled with increasing cases of needlestick injuries caused due to unsafe injection practices. There has been a rapid growth in the number of biologics and other potent and complex molecules being approved for marketing. Major hospitals, diagnostic centers, and general practitioners (GP) are increasingly using disposable syringes for drug delivery, as these offer better handling, less overfill, and better safety to patients. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), unsafe injection practices lead to deaths of an estimated 1.5 million people every year globally. Re-using, sharing, and improper disposal of syringes could lead to transmission of life-threatening blood-borne pathogens such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Such serious consequences of needlestick injuries can be prevented by using disposable syringes. Disposable syringes outfitted with safety features are designed to prevent needlestick injuries and infections.

The disposable syringes market has been segmented into safety syringes and conventional syringes. Safety syringes have been further categorized into automatic retractable, manual retractable and non-retractable safety syringes. Conventional syringes have been classified into syringes without needles and syringes attached with needles. Conventional syringes account for larger share in terms of revenue and volume of the disposable syringes market. However, the safety syringes segment is projected to expand at a higher CAGR than the conventional syringes segment.

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Geographically, the disposable syringes market has been segmented into five regions: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of the World (RoW). North America was the largest market for disposable syringes in 2013, followed by Europe. The region is witnessing a paradigm shift in adoption of disposable syringes, mainly due to factors such as needlestick injuries, governmental legislation, and burgeoning usage of syringes across the region. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 385,000 needlestick injuries are reported in the U.S. every year. Needlestick injuries could lead to transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Therefore, health care professionals prefer safety syringes to traditional syringes. This in turn drives market growth. The U.S. Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act introduced on November 6, 2000, has been instrumental in driving the growth of the disposable syringes market in North America.

Europe was the second largest market in 2013. In the past few years, Western Europe (Germany, the U.K., France, and Italy) has witnessed relatively higher adoption of safety syringes than Eastern Europe. However, the disposable syringes market in Eastern Europe is anticipated to grow at a relatively high CAGR during the forecast period from 2014 to 2022 due to the growing economy and high adoption of disposable syringes. Growing interest of syringe manufacturers in emerging markets is expected to drive the growth of the disposable syringes market in Asia Pacific and Rest of the World (RoW). Moreover, increased penetration by companies based in the U.S. and other western countries is likely to drive the growth of the safety syringes market in the region. For instance, Unilife Corporation and Stason Pharmaceuticals signed a contract for the distribution of Unitract (TM) 1mL safety syringes in Japan, China, and Taiwan. Furthermore, factors such as improving health care infrastructure rise in awareness level, and flexible regulatory requirements are fueling the growth of the disposable syringes market in emerging economies in Asia Pacific and Rest of World (RoW) such as India, China, and South Africa.

Key players operating in the global disposable syringes market include B. Braun Melsungen AG, Becton, Dickinson & Company, Covidien plc (Medtronic plc), Codan Medizinische Geräte GmbH & Co. KG, Gerresheimer AG, Retractable Technologies, Inc., Smiths Medical, Star Syringe, Terumo Corporation, and Unilife Corporation.

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