Based on application, why is the inhalers segment growing at a faster pace in the market during 2020â€“2028?
The inhalers segment is growing at a faster pace in the market during the forecast period. Polyacetal or polyoxymethylene (POM) is formaldehyde-based and semi-crystalline form of thermoplastics, with characteristics such as better strength and rigidity and firmness, along with moldability, enhanced mechanical properties, and abrasion, fatigue, and chemical resistance. Owing to all these properties, it is significantly used as a construction material and in designing medical equipment. The cumulative scope of characteristics possessed by such thermoplastics makes them ideal to be used across diversified application bases including dry powder inhalers and metered dose inhalers (MDIs). Cipla, which is considered to be one of the market leaders of respiratory therapies, has reported that post COVID-19 pandemic, there would be a surge in demand for respiratory drugs and inhalers, owing to after-effects of COVID-19 disease. Hence, it is quite evident that the demand for inhalers is set to rise, which may channelize the need for polyoxymethylene (POM). Further, manufacturers such as VanÃflon NV are involved in the production and supply of polyacetal for medical applications such as metered dose inhalers...Read more