Global Human rotavirus vaccine Market Size, Share, Forecast Report, 2020-2027

Rotavirus vaccine is used to protect against rotavirus infections which cause severe diarrhoea among young children. Symptoms of rotavirus infection include severe diarrhoea, vomiting, fever, and abdominal pain which can result in disease. Rotavirus vaccine is administered by mouth and requires two or three doses starting around six weeks of age. The vaccine first became available in the United States in 2006.

Rotavirus is a double-stranded RNA virus of the family Reoviridae and is transmitted through the faecal-oral route. It infects the cell lining of the small intestine and causes gastroenteritis. According to National Center for Biotechnology Information, rotavirus related diarrhoea was responsible for killing about 600,000 children in 2015, with more than 80% of all rotavirus-related deaths occurring in in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Rotavirus-related deaths represent approximately 5% of all deaths in children younger than 5 years of age worldwide. Almost every child in the world is infected with rotavirus at least once by the age of five. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that rotavirus vaccine be included in national routine vaccinations programs. The vaccines is responsible to prevent 15 to 34% of severe diarrhoea in the developing world and 37 to 96% of severe diarrhoea in the developed world. According to World Health Organization (WHO) in Mexico a decline of up to 50% in diarrhoeal deaths in children less than 5 years of age was attributed directly to the use of the vaccine.

The market drivers for rotavirus vaccine market are its safety profile including use in HIV/AIDS patients, growing number of immunity-compromised individuals, increasing geriatric population, growing population and live births etc. The market restraints are risks such as immune reaction, babies who have had intussusception, low healthcare expenditure in developing regions, cleanliness initiatives by NGOs and health awareness creation to eradicate the prevalence of this virus etc.

The global human rotavirus vaccine market is expected to reach US$ 12.3 billion by 2023, and the market is projected to grow at a CAGR of ~ 11.2 % during the forecast period 2017-2023
Segments:
The global Human rotavirus vaccine market has been segmented on the basis of type and end users.

Based on type, the market has been segmented as Rotarix, RotaTeq, Rotavac, Rotavin-M1, Lanzhou lamb and others.

Based on the end users, the market has been segmented as hospitals & clinics, academic and research and others.
Key Players in the Global Human rotavirus vaccine Market
Some of key players profiled in the report are Bharat Biotech, Merck & Co., Inc., GlaxoSmithKline plc., Multinational pharmaceutical drug company and others.