Global Antifreeze Protein
Market - Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak was first reported on December 31,
2019, in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19, as
pandemic on March 11, 2020.
For instance, according to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Weekly
Epidemiological Update by the World Health Organization, over 172 million cases
and 3.7 million deaths due to coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported till June
06, 2021, across the globe.
Impact
of COVID-19 on Demand and Supply of Antifreeze Proteins
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in various countries across the
globe have negatively impacted the financial status of businesses across all
sectors. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the entire supply chain
of the pharmaceutical industry, food & beverage industry, cosmetics
industry, and others mainly due to strict lockdown in several regions. However,
the demand for antifreeze proteins is increasing in this COVID-19 pandemic due
to a growing need of development of new vaccine candidates for treatment of
coronavirus cases. For instance, according to the Business Standard Report
2020, there is an increased pressure on the governments all around the world to
ensure proper storage and transport facilities for distribution of newly
approved COVID-19 vaccines. For instance, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), Pfizer vaccine need to be stored at a very low
temperature of about -70 degree Celsius. Antifreeze proteins are used to
maintain the structural stability of vaccines stored under subzero temperature
conditions.
Thus, impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is expected to
boost growth of the global antifreeze
proteins market during the forecast period, owing to the increased demand
of antifreeze proteins for storage of COVID-19 vaccines.
The increasing product
launches and approvals are the major factors that are
expected to drive the market growth over the forecast period
The increasing launches of products and approvals are expected to
drive growth of the global antifreeze proteins market over the forecast period.
For instance, in May 2021, AquaBounty Technologies, a U.S. biotechnology
company launched genetically engineered salmon, which is the first of its kind
in the world and also the only one to be currently available for commercial
harvest. This newly developed genetic modification technology will enable the
company to produce 70% more salmon than the traditional methods of spawning and
breeding. A boost in product launches in the field of frozen fish is expected
to boost the antifreeze protein market as these proteins are widely used as a
preservative for storage of frozen fish.
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