Published Date : 2025-Mar-19
The Global Medical Adhesives Market is projected to witness significant growth by 2025, driven by advancements in medical procedures and an increasing demand for reliable adhesive solutions in healthcare settings.
According to IMIR Market Research Pvt. Ltd., the market is projected to reach around $20.5 billion in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.01% from 2025 to 2034.
Asia Pacific region is expected to witness substantial growth in the medical adhesives market.
The global medical adhesives market is expected to grow at a strong CAGR due to rapidly increasing demand for minimally invasive procedures in the emerging economies, rising population, income level, and health awareness among the populations of these nations. With a market share exceeding 40% of the worldwide medical adhesives market, Asia Pacific will dominate the market for years to come. The general prospects for world-wide growth for the market for medical adhesives during the forecast period will be suppressed by tough regulatory guidelines governing the safety of medical devices and growing fears about cross-contamination.
There are several medical applications for medical adhesives. Ostomy appliances or dressings, for example, may be secured in position using medical adhesive tape. In addition, parted curtains might be secured above an operating theatre with medical adhesive glue prior to surgery to prevent blood or other fluid contamination when operating. As it has chemicals that cover the skin surface temporarily just enough to stop surgical gowns and medical tapes from adhering and causing infection and rashes on the skin, adhesive tincture is also applied in medical procedures. Likewise, medical adhesive pastes like medical adhesive glues are also applied in medicine as well as in the production of medical equipment.
Fibrin natural resin is a medical grade fibrin sealant that has autologous tissue derived from human plasma as the active component. Due to its simplicity of use and rapid sealing of wounds after application to a patient's open wounds, fibrin adhesive glue is among the most used medical adhesives in practice today. Depending upon usage, it also forms a durable seal that can persist for three weeks or longer by developing a strong molecular bond with soft tissue. Doctors assert that due to these reasons, fibrin natural resin medical adhesive glue is often used in surgeries.
In the global market for medical adhesives, fibrin natural resin medical adhesive tape and adhesives are increasingly popular because:
Due to the benefits, they possess over other medical adhesives, fibrin natural resin medical adhesives have become increasingly popular in recent times.
Since the late nineteenth century, when rubber was employed to join cloth tapes, adhesive systems have been utilized to join medical devices and devices. Adhesive bond technologies have advanced so much in this field that now they are just being referred to as "tape and tab" or just "tapes." Adhesive bonds have been the choice technology for many medical device applications because of various reasons:
Firstly, they can position a device with control because they usually have very good qualities of strength. Besides, they have low moduli of elasticity (reduction of stress), high biocompatibility, the ability to form electrical insulation when needed, and overall ease of application procedures (tape installation).
One of the main issues with adhesive tape assembly is that the reason adhesive tape assembly has a limited lifespan because of a terminal drying out and loss of holding power is one of its main issues. The drying out process usually occurs over a matter of months until total dissolution is reached. This can be problematic for some applications where there is no direct patient contact. The objective here is to achieve adhesion for the rest of eternity and therefore exercise what is termed as "closed loop" adhesion (feedback mechanisms to regulate bond strength over a period).
Surgeons had to use sutures or specialized clips to seal tissues before the discovery of adhesives. Under general anesthesia for the procedure, which was otherwise a trivial surgery like an appendectomy, the patient would be horizontal while several surgical residents and medical students usually were around to monitor each detail. Until all the stitches are removed, the patient stayed in hospital for a week to a month. The condition is aggravated with scarring being more and more probable when wounds are stitched compared to letting them heal without stitching. Waterproof and flexible medical adhesives that are strong are utilized after surgery to close the skin together without sutures or stitches.
By preventing dirt from entering the layers of the skin, these seals prevent diseases. This is why surgeons have been looking for the perfect adhesive material one which can hold tissue together firmly enough to withstand washing, movement, ageing, and growth yet which is fragile enough not to injure tissue on removal. Coming across an adhesive which remains flexible even after drying has been the toughest challenge, for it ensures the wound can still bend according to the movement of the body.
Generally, most surgeons are now in preference of medical adhesives rather than stitching or suturing as a major milestone in offering more uniform and reliable routine procedures. With as much advancement that has been done on getting these technologies to function well during surgery, they could soon be a standard tool employed by surgeons conducting minor surgeries across the globe. Even though there might not be much dissimilarity between glue and stitches, these adhesives are found to be more efficient and convenient than stitches.
The Asia-Pacific medical adhesives market is experiencing growth in demand from the end-user industries like research laboratories, healthcare, and pharma. Strict government regulations like REACH in Europe and FALCPA in USA for safe use of chemicals and the expanding population base that has risen the expenditure on healthcare products are some of the drivers for the growth of this market. Though economic slowdown has held back market expansion to some degree in the considered period, which has created concern among major players in this market regarding declining profit margins due to price cuts.
The demand for medical adhesives in several applications such as splints, bandages, dressings, sutures, and tubing has grown substantially in the Asia Pacific medical adhesives market over the past few years. Since medical adhesives possess a high bond strength, are resistant to moisture, resistant to biological invasion, possess a broad service temperature range, less flammable, less toxic, and good transparency (clear), most of the healthcare workers in the region have started using them. These drivers expand the opportunity for application of these products in different end-user industries such as pharmaceuticals & biotechnology, research institutes etc., The key players in this market are DENTSPLY International Inc., 3M (USA), Henkel AG & Company (Germany), B.Braun Melsungen AG (Germany), Aesculap AG (Germany) and Smith and Nephew plc. Market for medical adhesives can be expected to grow during the forecast period on account of several factors, including increased demand for non-toxic products utilized in medical applications, like dressings and sutures, and increased application of bio-based materials like adhesives. But regulatory issues related to their use owing to the presence of carcinogenic substances like formaldehyde and chemicals causing allergy will be major challenges for operators in this sector.
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