In 2023, three quarters of the global market revenue for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) were held by the synthetic APIs segment. This statistic shows the global active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) market distribution in 2023, by end-use. The API is the substance in a drug (medicine) that produces the actual therapeutic effect.
Global active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) market share in 2023, by end-use
Characteristic
Market share
Biotech
25%
Synthetic
75%
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• Biotech 25%
• Synthetic 75%
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Nova One Advisor. (May 11, 2024). Global active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) market share in 2023, by end-use [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1498696/api-market-share-worldwide-by-end-use/
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