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Computational Biology Market 13.20% CAGR Growth by 2033

Computational Biology Market Size (USD 19.35 Bn) by 2033

The report covers Computational Biology Market Segments including Services such as Databases, Infrastructure & Hardware and Software Platforms. It details Applications in Drug Discovery & Disease Modelling, addressing Target Identification, Target Validation, Lead Discovery, Lead Optimization and Preclinical Drug Development, which involve Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics studies. Additionally Clinical Trials spans from Phase I to Phase IV. The report also includes Computational Genomics and Computational Proteomics. The report offers the value (in USD Billion) for the above segments.

The global computational biology market size was estimated at US$ 5.60 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow US$ 19.35 billion by 2033, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.20% from 2024 to 2033. The market is expanding as a result of significant developments in genomics and bioinformatics, rising demand for personalized medicine, medication research and discovery, and the need for effective data analysis in the life sciences.

Computational Biology Market Revenue 2023 - 2033

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Key Takeaways

  • North America dominated the computational biology market with the largest revenue share of 50% in 2023.
  • Asia Pacific is expected to grow at the solid CAGR of 15.68% during the forecast period.
  • By service, the software platforms segment dominated has contributed more than 40% in 2023.
  • By service, the infrastructure & hardware segment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.24% during the forecast period.
  • By application, the clinical trials segment has held a major revenue share of 28% in 2023.
  • By application, the computational genomics segment is projected to expand at a fastest CAGR of 16.03% during the forecast period.

Industry at a Glance

Developing and using computational methods to evaluate massive datasets of biological data, including genetic sequences, cell populations, or protein samples, in order to generate novel biological discoveries or make predictions is the multidisciplinary topic of the computational biology market and bioinformatics market. Simulation, mathematical modeling, and analytical techniques are some of the computational techniques employed. Drug development might become more efficient with the use of cutting-edge computing techniques like artificial intelligence, computer-aided drug design, and computational biology, which reduce both the time and cost involved. Several novel pharmaceuticals have been approved for commercialization as a result of the widespread use of computational techniques in recent years to increase the efficacy and effectiveness of drug development and pipeline.

Top Companies in the Computational Biology Market

  • Fios Genomics
  • Xaira Therapeutics
  • Seed Health
  • Simulations Plus, Inc.
  • QIAGEN
  • Genedata AG
  • Aganitha AI Inc.
  • Compugen
  • Schrodinger, Inc.
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
  • Illumina, Inc.
  • DNAnexus, Inc.

Recent Launch by Seed Health in the Computational Biology Market

Company Name Seed Health
Headquarters Venice, Italy, Europe
Recent Launch In April 2024, CODA, a computational biology tool, was introduced by Seed Health to facilitate the development of microbiome-directed therapies and next-generation precision probiotics. The Human Phenotype Project, which originated in the lab of Weizmann Institute of Science computational biologist Professor Eran Segal, Ph.D., is the world's largest multi-omics data collection and powers the platform. By clarifying hitherto undiscovered relationships between the microbiota and health, CODA facilitates the development of focused, outcome-specific therapies. The first episodes focus on menopause, lifespan, brain health, and cardiometabolic health.

Recent Launch by Xaira Therapeutics in the Computational Biology Market

Company Name Xaira Therapeutics
Headquarters Bay Area, California, U.S.
Recent Launch In April 2024, with more than $1 billion in funding and an audacious goal to revolutionize medication research and development by producing new, more potent therapies more quickly, AI-based pharma company Xaira Therapeutics was founded. In the field of artificial intelligence, Xaira pledges to integrate methodological research with the establishment of "significant" research capacities. These capabilities include the creation of basic computational techniques and their utilization in biological exploration, drug-like substance design, and clinical advancement.

Drug Discovery Drives the Computational Biology Market

Deep learning and computational methods are becoming more and more important in the drug development process. For more than thirty years, computer-aided technologies for drug discovery and design have been crucial in the creation of small compounds with significant therapeutic potential. The speed at which techniques and algorithms are developing has reduced the amount of time and money needed to identify potential medication candidates. Computational biology has made contributions to drug development in the areas of ligand-binding molecular mechanisms, binding/active site identification, and structural refinement of ligand-target binding poses.

Data Quality & Integration Restraints the Computational Biology Market

In computational biology, managing the integration and quality of biological data is one of the major obstacles. Computational analysis and modeling may be less accurate and reliable when dealing with biological data that is noisy, inadequate, inconsistent, or diverse. It may also be challenging to combine and compare biological data as it may come from many sources, formats, levels, and scales. For data preparation, cleaning, standardization, annotation, and integration, computational biologists must create and use reliable techniques and tools in order to overcome these obstacles. To make sure that the data and the findings are reliable and repeatable, they must also work along with experimental biologists and bioinformaticians.

Artificial Intelligence Creates New Opportunities for the Computational Biology Market

The nexus between computational biology and artificial intelligence (AI) has created novel prospects in the field of life sciences. AI proves to be a potent instrument, providing innovative answers to the problems presented by the enormous and intricate datasets found in computational biology and bioinformatics. Artificial Intelligence (AI) facilitates the identification of putative regulatory elements, gene function predictions, and genetic variants linked to illness. By expediting the identification of viable therapeutic options, improving chemical structures, and forecasting drug-target interactions, artificial intelligence presents a paradigm change in this field. The use of AI in the field of computational biology is evidence of how human creativity has the power to revolutionize scientific research.

For instance,

  • In March 2024, using computational biology and artificial intelligence, a recently formed grant program at Gladstone Institutes awarded $5 million to a multidisciplinary research team under the direction of Senior Investigator Katie Pollard, PhD. This money is intended to spark a new wave of cancer discoveries. Five research teams are receiving a combined total of about $14 million from the Biswas Family Foundation's new Transformative Computational Biology Grant Program, which is in collaboration with the nonpartisan think tank Milken Institute.

Countrywise Number of Clinical Trials, 2022

Report Highlights

Services Insights

The software platforms segment dominated the computational biology market in 2023. For the purpose of organizing vast volumes of data, directing experimental research, and gaining knowledge and insight into biological processes that would otherwise be impossible, information science and computational science offer vital tools for next-generation biological scientific endeavors. Proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics and genomics are a few of the leading areas of biology that are producing large volumes of data. In order to conduct their study, computational biologists employ a variety of tools and algorithms. Software platforms for computational biology include Saturn Cloud, Terra, Lamin, DNANexus, Seven Bridges, Illumina, LatchBio, Lifebit, Dockstoe and BC Platforms.

For instance,

  • In March 2024, MiLaboratories, a pioneer in creating state-of-the-art software for immunological data analysis, announced the official launch of Platforma.bio. This innovative computational biology platform is intended to greatly simplify and expedite biological analysis, making it more approachable for researchers from a wide range of fields. It is driven by massive AI language models.

By service, the infrastructure & hardware segment is anticipated to grow at a significant rate during the forecast period. Access to the hardware and software required to complete computation-intensive tasks is provided via the computational infrastructure for researchers. By dividing the burden among several separate computer units, infrastructures may be employed to significantly lower the prohibitive running times of these techniques. Hardware and software infrastructure should be well-established in an organization. This is particularly true of financial prospects. In particular, having a strong bioinformatics and computational infrastructure may raise the likelihood of getting a grant to a researcher whose primary line of inquiry makes extensive use of data.

Application Insights

Number of Clinical Trials Worldwide (From 1999 - 2022)

By application, the clinical trials segment held the dominant share of the computational biology market in 2023. Clinical trial optimization is greatly aided by computational biology, which uses sophisticated algorithms to evaluate vast amounts of biological data. This helps scientists find possible targets for drugs, forecast how patients will react to therapies, and adjust dosage schedules. Computational models can expedite and save time and costs in the drug discovery process by modeling different situations. More individualized and focused medicines may result from the identification of biomarkers using computational biology that reflects therapy efficacy or possible side effects. Computational biology is being used in clinical trials to predict possible medication interactions and adverse events, which will improve the evaluation of novel medicines' safety and effectiveness in the long run. Through the delivery of safer and more effective medicines, this interdisciplinary approach ultimately benefits patients by accelerating the discovery of novel therapeutics.

By application, the computational genomics segment is anticipated to grow with the fastest CAGR during the forecast period. Because of the massive volume of high-dimensional data produced by improved sequencing and other molecular profiling methods, computational biology is essential to genetics and genomic research. Research in these fields has been quickly expanding. Researchers may find genetic risk factors for illnesses, predict medication responses, and create novel therapies by processing and analyzing large-scale multi-omics and health data with the use of state-of-the-art computational techniques. Genetics and genomics research has been brought to a new level of sophistication by the computational biology market, which has enabled previously unattainable methods of data analysis and interpretation.

Regional Insights

North America held the largest computational biology market share of 50% in 2023. It is projected that factors, including rising financing and investments, as well as market participants' involvement in computational biology, would drive the region's analyzed market expansion. Furthermore, in an effort to quickly create successful medicines, governments, medical institutions and researchers are working together more frequently as a result of customized medicine. The computational biology market is expanding rapidly since the U.S. is one of the main nations that funds and promotes advancements in the field.

The National Human Genome Research Institute established the "Computational Genomics and Data Science Program" in the United States. Throughout all extramural research programs and divisions, the CGDS fosters the creation of cutting-edge computational methods, creative data analysis tools, and data resources of scientific value. A Draft 2023–2028 Data Science Strategic Plan was made public by the NIH in December 2023 in order to receive feedback from the general public. NIH will be better equipped to handle the fast increase in both the volume and variety of data, as well as the development of sophisticated new technologies, thanks to the updates to the Strategic Plan for Data Science, which builds on the achievements of the first plan. Furthermore, the clinical trials being conducted by prominent players from different sectors are contributing to the growth of the computational biology market. To increase the capacity for clinical trials in the US, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is spearheading a whole-of-government initiative.

Asia Pacific is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR during the forecast period. This trend is mostly caused by the region's biopharmaceutical industries, particularly those in China and India, expanding quickly. As a result, investments in the life science and healthcare IT sectors are increasing. The growing number of bioinformatics-focused businesses is also expected to hasten the expansion of the industry in the area. Growth in the industry is also being driven by increased government spending on improved healthcare IT. Accordingly, it is projected that rising startups, expanding R&D services, and similar government activities would boost the computational biology market in the Asia Pacific area.

For instance,

  • In November 2023, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) would receive funding for the establishment of a Center for Computational Oncology from the US-based private charity Param Hansa Philanthropies (PHP). On November 2, the facility was formally opened, and PHP has committed to providing $1 million in support of it for the following seven years. The institute intends to foster inter-institutional and cross-disciplinary cooperation among academics from academia, medicine and industry to cultivate an engaged community of future leaders in computational cancer in India.

Recent Developments in the Computational Biology Market

  • In June 2024, for Surrogate Quantitative Interpretability for Deepnets, or SQUID, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) created a computer tool. Its purpose is to facilitate the understanding of how AI algorithms examine the DNA. When it comes to producing more accurate predictions about the effects of genetic modifications, SQUID is more dependable than other analytical techniques and reduces noise in the data. Over 100,000 distinct DNA sequences are compiled into a library by SQUID.
  • In April 2024, through a partnership that could bring in more than $1 billion for the British developer of RNA-based liver treatments, Boehringer Ingelheim will use Ochre Bio's discovery platform to create innovative, first-in-class regenerative treatments for late-stage metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases (CLDs). Boehringer hopes to find, define, and verify a number of potential regenerative targets for medicines that might stop or reverse the course of illness by boosting the liver's capacity for self-healing, utilizing Ochre Bio's combined computational and multi-omic platform.
  • In January 2024, TenAces Biosciences was formed, according to AION Labs, the first venture studio of its type leading the use of AI technologies and computational science to address therapeutic difficulties. TenAces is a firm that is using machine learning to improve the development of medicines for a variety of illnesses. The method the company is using is to find new molecular glue therapeutics.

Segments Covered in the Report

By Service

  • Databases
  • Infrastructure & Hardware
  • Software Platform

By Application

  • Drug Discovery & Disease Modelling
    • Target Identification
    • Target Validation
    • Lead Discovery
    • Lead optimization
  • Preclinical Drug Development
    • Pharmacokinetics
    • Pharmacodynamics
  • Clinical Trial
    • Phase I
    • Phase II
    • Phase III
    • Phase IV
  • Computational Genomics
  • Computational Proteomics
  • Others

By Region

  • North America
    • U.S.
    • Canada
  • Europe
    • UK
    • Germany
    • France
    • Italy
    • Spain
    • Russia
    • Denmark
    • Sweden
    • Norway
  • Asia Pacific
    • Japan
    • China
    • India
    • South Korea
    • Australia
    • Singapore
    • Thailand
  • Latin America
    • Brazil
    • Mexico
    • Argentina
  • Middle East & Africa
    • South Africa
    • Saudi Arabia
    • UAE
    • Kuwait
  • Insight Code: 5177
  • No. of Pages: 150+
  • Format: PDF/PPT/Excel
  • Published: July 2024
  • Report Covered: [Revenue + Volume]
  • Historical Year: 2021-2022
  • Base Year: 2023
  • Estimated Years: 2024-2033

Meet the Team

Deepa Pandey is a healthcare market research expert with 2+ years of experience, specializing in analyzing market trends, regulatory impacts, and emerging opportunities to guide strategic decision-making in the healthcare sector.

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FAQ's

Systems biology, genomes, neuroscience, biological networks, population dynamics and molecular modeling are some of the applications of computational biology.

No. Both the disciples are closely related and are often used interchangeably. However, they both have several differences.

National Institutes of Health, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Genomic Science Program, International Society of Computational Biology, Department of Biotechnology.