China Pharmaceutical Excipients Market - Databook 2025 to 2034

China's pharmaceutical excipients market trends, key players, growth drivers like rising drug demand, and advanced tech opportunities in pharma.

Highlights of the China Pharmaceutical Excipients Market

• By functionality, the fillers & diluents segment saw strong growth during the studied period.
• By functionality, the coating agents segment is expected to see notable performance in growth between 2025–2034.
• By excipient type, the lactose-based excipients segment saw prominent growth in the market.
• By excipient type, the cellulose segment is a potential area of accelerated growth in the coming years.

Pharmaceutical excipients are substances other than the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that have been appropriately evaluated for safety. An excipient substance may be used to improve the long-term stabilization or to add to the bulk of solid formulations that have a small amount of potent active ingredients. The China pharmaceutical excipients market growth is driven by rising biopharmaceuticals demand, rising demand for medicines and medical drugs, and companies' focus on patient-centric formulations.

The China pharmaceutical excipients market includes a wide range of applications across multiple industries, including food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical & biotechnological industries. Anhui Sunhere Pharmaceutical Excipients Co., Ltd. is the largest excipient manufacturer for solid dosage forms in China.

Market Trends

Rising demand for medicines and medical drugs: The benefits of medicines and medical drugs include prolonging life, improving quality of life, keeping chronic conditions in check, getting healthy when you are sick, and avoiding illness. Medicines can treat diseases and enhance our health. The benefits of medical drugs include curing an infection, lowering blood pressure, controlling blood sugar, and easing pain.

Rising collaboration in pharmaceutical companies: The benefits of pharmaceutical companies include that working together allows teams to come up with innovative solutions to problems efficiently and quickly, which can help speed up development time or increase the end product. Through collaborations and partnerships, pharmaceutical companies can pool their resources and expertise.

Restraint

Strict environmental regulations are needed: Strict environmental regulations help combat acid rain, smog, and other issues, ultimately protecting health and the environment. Laws like the Safe Drinking Water Act and Clean Water Act protect water sources from pollution, ensuring that they are safe for consumption, recreation, and other uses. If there are no suitable environmental regulations may lead to companies discharging pollutants into water bodies without proper treatment, which can harm aquatic life, contaminate water, and pose health risks to communities.

Opportunity

Advanced technologies used in pharmaceuticals: AI can speed up drug development, personalize treatment options with accuracy, and uncover new therapeutic targets. AI technologies are capable of streamlining the research and development process and helping with experimental design. Advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing is modernizing drug production, enhancing efficiency, and improving scalability with advanced technologies such as 3D printing and continuous manufacturing.

Recent Developments in the China Pharmaceutical Excipients Market:

• In November 2024, new high-performing excipients at the CPHI India 2024 at the CPHI India 2024 trade show were introduced by Clariant Health Care. In January 2025, the launch of the Endotoxin Controlled Excipients (ECE) portfolio for bioscience applications was announced by a manufacturer of collagen and gelatin, GELITA.