Global Anti-Ageing Drugs MarketOverview

The Global Anti-Ageing Drugs Market was valued at USD 73.25 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 181.56 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 9.6% during the forecast period 2025–2034.

The worldwide anti-ageing drug market underwent some changes because of the growth of the geriatric population, increase in public health costs, and rise in scientific interest in age-related diseases. There will indeed be incredible demand for therapies targeted at age-related decline since UNDESA has estimated the existence of 1.4 billion people aged 60 and higher by 2030. About anti-ageing drugs, the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA), an NIH subdivision, has been funding research efforts into senescence, regenerative medicine, and cellular repair. Likewise, age-related molecules/pathways such as senolytics, mTOR inhibitors, and NAD+ boosters are progressively under review from the European Medicines Agency and the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency in Japan.

In 2024, the exact market size is hard to determine because of overlapping regulations across different therapeutic categories, such as Alzheimer's, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. However, public sector programs like the NIH’s Interventions Testing Program (ITP) have sped up early-stage research, with many compounds showing promise in extending health span. Drugs like metformin and rapamycin have gained considerable interest from both academic and clinical researchers. Some of these drugs are currently being tested in multi-centre collaborations, including the FDA's pilot project to classify aging as a treatable condition.

The potential for spending on preventive healthcare is changing government policy, especially in the U.S. The Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expects an increase in prescriptions for preventive drugs as part of improving long-term care. At the same time, the WHO Global Strategy and Action Plan on Ageing and Health continues to support innovation in public health solutions for older populations. These trends, along with greater awareness, more research and development funding from national health departments, and pharmaceutical interest in geroscience, are set to create a multi-billion-dollar market over the next decade.

Market Drivers

• Rising Geriatric Population and Governmental Support for Ageing Research

Governments around the world are placing greater emphasis on the aging population as a key area of healthcare. According to the UN World Population Ageing Report, the global population aged 65 and older is expected to double from 761 million in 2021 to more than 1.6 billion in 2050. This demographic change is already placing pressure on public healthcare systems. To tackle this issue, national health organizations such as the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA), Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), and the European Commission's Horizon Europe framework are funding extensive studies and clinical programs that focus on chronic diseases linked to aging.

For example, the NIH’s Interventions Testing Program (ITP) is evaluating drugs like rapamycin, resveratrol, and NAD+ precursors to see if they can extend average lifespan and delay diseases associated with aging in animal models. At the same time, the Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge, backed by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and supported by health ministries around the world, is directing public funds toward research aimed at promoting healthy aging. These efforts are building long-term pathways for anti-aging treatments and establishing a supportive regulatory and scientific environment for market growth.

• Policy Shift Toward Preventive Healthcare and Geroscience

Governments are starting to see the benefits of preventing diseases in aging populations. The Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the U.S. recently changed its preventive care strategies. They are putting more money into screenings, early diagnostic tools, and possible medications that could slow biological aging. These policy changes are encouraging pharmaceutical companies and research institutions to look at compounds like metformin, DHEA, and statins for purposes related to aging, even though these drugs are currently approved for other uses.

On a global scale, the WHO’s Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) encourages new ideas in drug treatments for age-related decline and functional ability. This effort is increasing the demand for anti-aging drugs. As part of this initiative, countries are being encouraged to build age-friendly healthcare systems and boost public health interventions aimed at older adults. This has resulted in more partnerships between the public and private sectors, especially in countries like Singapore, Germany, Japan, and South Korea, where aging is a more critical issue.

Market Opportunities

• Public-Sector Innovation, Data Sharing, and Repurposed Therapeutics Fuel Long-Term Growth

One of the largest potential opportunities in the anti-ageing drug market is drug re-purposing strategies through public health grants. The TAME (Targeting Aging with Metformin) trial, funded by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and with support from senior scientists at the NIH and FDA, is one of the most visible examples where an established diabetes drug is being tested against more broad age-delaying outcomes. If successful, this trial could position the needed regulatory shift for ageing to be considered a modifiable condition and may unlock a completely new therapeutic category.

Another opportunity arises from the growing number of open access national pharmacovigilance databases and biobanks, such as the UK Biobank, now available for pharmaceutical research on biomarkers of biological aging. There is improved public data availability, and some collaborative cross-national research involving NIH, EMA, and Health Canada, making it more straightforward (and less costly) to identify and validate anti-aging targets. These developments are also aligned with OECD health innovation policies that promote the emergence of artificial intelligence, genomics, and personalized medicine in drug development related to aging.

Emerging economies, such as China (via National Natural Science Foundation), and India (via ICMR and DBT) are increasingly investing in regenerative medicine, cell-based therapies, and immune-aging research. There are active ministerial and aging-specific initiatives in place to support pharma pipelines, and in the future, these countries may well be extending their trials and research into global trials and markets, as well as evidence of partnering with public sector or private sector options for scale-up manufacturing and licensing.

Market Restraining Factors

• Regulatory Ambiguity, High Development Costs, and Ethical Access Challenges Impede Progress

Although steps taken by the government are stimulating investment in the public sector, a myriad of regulatory and scientific constraints have also hampered the growth of the anti-ageing drugs market. The first roadblock is that "ageing" is not listed as an indication of disease by any of the major regulatory authorities in the world - the FDA, EMA or WHO. Most anti-ageing candidates must be submitted for secondary indications, such as cancer, Alzheimer's, or metabolic syndrome. The regulatory ambiguity increases the evidentiary threshold on developers and oftentimes if the public healthcare system wants to issue prescriptions, restricts reimbursement pathways.

Additionally, the investigations needed to prove that anti-ageing agents are efficacious at delaying ageing are generally longer, sometimes two to five and sometimes up to ten years, which increases research and development costs. This burden is particularly onerous if the solutions in place, such as a grant, or a private-public model, are not enough to continue to fund late-stage development over several years. The FDA's Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research states that trials with a focus on chronic degenerative endpoints must go through a rigorous safety and longitudinal efficacy pathway, which is still a major blockage to obtaining market approval.

Segmentation Analysis

By Drug Type

The global anti-ageing drugs market, by drug type, is segmented into Senolytics, mTOR Inhibitors, NAD+ Enhancers, Caloric Restriction Mimetics (CRMs), Hormonal Modulators, Stem Cell-Based Therapeutics, and Antioxidants & Free Radical Scavengers.

Senolytics is anticipated to be the largest segment of the market, primarily because there has been increased validation of senolytic therapies in preclinical and early-stage clinical studies, to eliminate senescent cells, the root cause of many age-related diseases. Many government-funded or government-supported programs like the NIH Interventions Testing Program (ITP), some international projects like Horizon Europe, have placed a considerable amount of attention on senolytic pathways, especially the combination of dasatinib and quercetin, where they have shown great promise for the extension of health span to mammals. Their ability to target multiple ageing pathways simultaneously is a primary target for both public and private R&D pipelines.

By Application

By application, the market is segmented into Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cardiovascular Ageing, Metabolic Ageing, Skin Ageing, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Immunosenescence, and Multi-morbidity Prevention.

Neurodegenerative Diseases account for the greatest share of this market segment due to the high global prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, both of which are closely associated with ageing. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that there are more than 55 million people with dementia worldwide and this number is projected to double every 20 years. Funding from public institutions, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s National Institute on Aging (NIA) as well as the European Commission’s ERA-NET Neurodegeneration, has made significant contributions regarding therapies on brain ageing. There is growing interest from public sector partnerships on this segment in concert with the need for disease-modifying treatments that go beyond symptom management.

By Route of Administration

Based on route of administration, the market is segmented into Oral, Injectable, Topical, and Implantable/Infusible Devices.

This market segment is dominated by oral administration because of its high levels of patient compliance, ease-of-use, and existing formulations such as metformin, NAD+ boosters (e.g. nicotinamide riboside), resveratrol-based caloric restriction mimetics, and more. Oral formulations and dosage forms are also easier for governmental health authorities like the U.S. FDA or EMA to approve for preventive indications because they have a lower safety risk than invasive methods. The rise in dietary supplements for longevity and age-related benefits in the over-the-counter market also helped the oral segment continue to dominate, especially in Canada and Europe.

By End User

By end user, the market is segmented into Hospitals & Specialty Clinics, Academic & Research Institutes, Government-Run Clinical Trial Centres, Homecare Settings, and Longevity Clinics & Wellness Centres.

Hospitals & Specialty Clinics presently dominate the segment because most anti-ageing drugs including the many under development require a prescription, diagnostics, or infusion services. Governments perform much of the early-stage administration in a regulated environment in the case of senolytics or stem-cell-based therapies which require clinical administration. Lastly, the individual with age-related diseases commonly suffers from comorbidities that are addressed in the institution, and as such, the strength of this segment is supported.

Regional Snapshots

• North America

The United States holds the position of leader in the anti-ageing drugs industry due to a well-established regulatory framework, significant National of Institutes of Health funding, and engaging early-stage clinical trial networks. In the U.S., the Interventions Testing Program (ITP) through the National Institute on Aging's Longevity Consortium is the mainstay of anti-ageing drug research. The Canadian institutes of health research (CIHR) is also providing support for ageing biology programs with regard for indigenous and rural populations. Interest in preventative ageing medicine is pushing health authorities in publicly funded health care systems to engage with novel therapeutics for older adult health.

• Europe

Countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands are investing in healthy ageing through European Union (EU) funding under the EU’s Horizon Europe Framework, with at least €300 million allocated to longevity research. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has implemented conditional approval for anti-ageing trials when endpoints involving age-related diseases are involved. Non-profit and private partnerships including INSERM (France) and AGE-Platform Europe are actively defining guidelines for pharmaceutical development related to age.

• Asia-Pacific

Japan has the highest ageing population globally and it is focusing on ageing drug discovery as part of its Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants. The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology are supporting anti-ageing studies, including NAD+ pathways, stem cell biology and traditional Chinese medicine. India’s ICMR and DBT are focusing on cellular repair, mitochondrial therapies, etc. in collaboration with international academic institutions.

• Latin America

Countries like Brazil and Mexico are very much at the front end of anti-ageing drug use, but national health systems are beginning to recognize the burden of medical geriatric diseases. Brazil's government has recently made available grants supporting trials in regenerative medicine through CNPq and FINEP.

• Middle East & Africa

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including the UAE and Saudi Arabia, have begun to invest in longevity biotech startups through sovereign funds and has made bilateral agreements with U.S. and European biotech laboratories. South Africa's Medical Research Council (MRC) has begun investigations into age related diseases in populations recovering from HIV.

List of Top Leading Companies

• Unity Biotechnology Inc.
• Calico Life Sciences LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Elysium Health
• Juvenescence Ltd.
• Resverlogix Corp.
• BioAge Labs
• Insilico Medicine, Inc.
• Revel Pharmaceuticals
• Life Biosciences Inc.
• Oisín Biotechnologies
• CohBar, Inc.
• Turn Biotechnologies
• AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.
• Samumed (Now Biosplice Therapeutics)
• Novo Nordisk A/S

Key Industry Developments

• 2024 (NIH/AFAR): Launched Phase 3 trial for TAME study testing metformin for delaying multiple age-related morbidities; NIH-supported study may shift regulatory paradigm.
• 2023 (EMA): Issued guidance on inclusion of Real-World Evidence (RWE) inclusion to evaluate ageing-targeted compounds to facilitate faster market access for potentially anti-ageing drugs with indirect claims in Europe.
• 2024 (WHO): Issued mid-term review on Decade of Healthy Ageing progress; recommend countries include anti-ageing therapies in the national essential medicines list, especially in countries with >20% elderly population.
• 2025 (NCGG, Japan): Completed five-year longitudinal ageing cohort study with > 10,000 participants; initial findings may hasten clinical development of immune-modulatory ageing drugs.
• 2023 (ICMR-DBT, India): Approved national funding of a cell-based regenerative pilot study for age-related musculoskeletal decline with public hospitals in Delhi and Pune.
• 2025 (INSERM-Horizon EU): The AGEnLIGHT Consortium formed under Horizon Europe received €80 million in funding to develop and assess new senotherapeutics and CR mimetics across EU countries.

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North America

• U.S.
• Canada

Europe

• Switzerland
• Belgium
• Germany
• France
• U.K.
• Italy
• Spain
• Sweden
• Netherland
• Turkey
• Rest of Europe

Asia-Pacific

• India
• Australia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Japan
• China
• Malaysia
• Thailand
• Indonesia
• Rest Of APAC

Latin America

• Mexico
• Argentina
• Peru
• Colombia
• Brazil
• Rest of South America

Middle East and Africa

• Saudi Arabia
• UAE
• Egypt
• South Africa
• Rest Of MEA

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Research Scope of Anti-Ageing Drugs Market

• Historic year: 2019-2023
• Base year: 2024
• Forecast: 2025 to 2034
• Representation of Market revenue in USD Billion

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