REPORT DESCRIPTION
Cell Line Development Market – Overview
Cell line is a permanently established cell culture, which proliferates in fresh medium. Cell line
development is utilized for examining efficiency of drug discovery and toxicity. It is essential for the
production of recombinant proteins production such as, monoclonal antibodies, bi-specific monoclonal
antibodies, growth factors, and enzymes using a wide variety of expression systems. Cell lines saves the
crucial time, effort and cost by providing the high yield cells which can be used for in vitro testing and
reduce chance of research drug to fail in clinical trial stage.
Cell line development has wide application areas. Development of immunotherapy for the treatment of
cancer is major application of cell line development. According to the World Health Organization factsheet
2012, cancer is one of the leading cause of death from top three causes of non-communicable disease.
Pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies are focusing on developing novel therapies such as
immunotherapy due to its specificity and efficiency. Cell line development helps in speeding drug
discovery process and optimization of clinical trials by providing high yield of monoclonal antibodies,
which is expected to fuel growth of the cell line development market.