IBD Treatment Market Trends

Growth Drivers

• Growing Prevalence of Crohn’s Disease– As many as 780,000 people in the United States are affected by Crohn's disease, making it a widespread ailment. The disease is most prevalent in people between the ages of 15 and 35, with 25% of cases being identified by age 20. Crohn's disease is a kind of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Crohn’s disease causes swelling of the tissues (inflammation) in the digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, and malnutrition. This disease may lead the patients to the potentially fatal and serious complications. Hence, the increasing cases of Crohn’s disease are estimated to drive the inflammatory bowel disease treatment market growth.
• Increasing Investment in Research and Development – For instance, investment in medical and health research and development (R&D) in the United States (U.S.) increased by 11% to around USD245 billion in 2020 from 2019.
• Growing Spending on Rare Disease – It was observed that approximately USD 997 billion is spent on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and awareness of rare diseases, of which USD 449 billion goes directly toward medical expenses and around USD 437 billion accounts for indirect medical costs across the globe.
• Increasing Cases of Fecal Incontinence – It was found that fecal incontinence affects between 18 to 33 patients out of every 100 hospitalized patients and 50 to 70 patients out of every 100 nursing care residents globally, respectively.

Challenges

• High Treatment Cost - IBD (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) treatment becomes expensive since ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are chronic diseases that requires treatment for a prolonged time. The treatment includes surgery, medicines, bowl rest, and others since no single treatment can cure patients with these diseases. The average cost of Crohn’s disease treatment in the first year of its diagnosis is projected to be around 25,000 U.S. dollars.
• Lack of Reimbursement Facility for the Treatment of IBD
• Lack of Awareness Among People Regarding Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)