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The market for multiplexed diagnostics is being propelled rapidly because of increased demand for high throughput testing and early disease detection, especially in the functional areas of infectious diseases, oncology, and genetic diseases. According to the U.S. FDA, multiplex diagnostic platforms such as the molecular panels enable the detection of multiple analytes from a single biological sample and improves the accuracy and efficiency of the diagnoses within clinical and public health laboratories. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the rapid expansion in development, evaluation, and emergency use authorization for multiplex assays by public agencies, including the NIH, FDA, and CDC, establishing the public health importance in surveillance and epidemic containment.
In 2024, although actual market size varies according to definitions regarding test complexity and application (syndromic respiratory panels, tumour marker panels, pharmacogenomic tests), the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to revise its coverage and reimbursement guidelines to include multiplex nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs)-chiefly for respiratory pathogens and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). At the same time, the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative by NIH has funded over two dozen multiplexed point-of-care and at-home platforms, dual COVID-19/influenza and triple COVID-19/influenza/RSV kits among these, all meant to serve both clinical and community venues.
Integration of multiplex diagnostics into national bio surveillance, antimicrobial resistance tracking, and emergency preparedness within BARDA and CDC's Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) program has steadily evolved services by the public sector into information services for regulatory guidance. Meanwhile, the FDA's Centre for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) created pathways for the streamlined review of multiplexed in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices.
As public health agencies embrace precision diagnostics coupled with decentralized testing models, coupled with global health strategies championed by WHO, the multiplexed diagnostics market is predicted to span many disease categories, regions, and care settings. The current trends backed by inisasing funding, regulatory flexibility, and incorporation into the essential diagnostics list are going to create a strong and scalable market for multiplexed technologies over the next decade.
Syndromic multiplex testing is now being put on the front line in disease surveillance and outbreak management by public health agencies increasingly. According to the CDC, syndromic diagnostic panels that test for respiratory viruses such as influenza, SARS-CoV-2, RSV, and adenovirus simultaneously have been extremely useful in rapid case identification, particularly during flu season and pandemic surges. These panels help differentiation in the presence of co-infections by the clinician and administer targeted treatment, thus reducing unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions and limiting viral transmission.
In response, CDC's Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) funding initiative has provided the technical foundation for high-throughput multiplex assays for respiratory and gastrointestinal pathogens to public health laboratories across the United States. In parallel WHO and regional partners are embedding syndromic testing into pandemic preparedness frameworks and into surveillance algorithms for emerging zoonotic diseases. This has resulted in the establishment of a government-backed ecosystem, which supports the adoption, reimbursement, and standardization of multiplex testing technologies thereby helping in sustaining market growth.
Diagnostics remain at the heart of global health strategy for increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The argument for multiplex diagnostics offering rapid identification of pathogens and the resistance profiles to avert misuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics has been made by CS, CDC, and ECDC. For example, the multiplex molecular panels offered by the CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and AR Lab Network are used for the detection of resistance markers when HAIs are involved.
These government initiatives drive grants, workflow integrations, and standards for syndromic panels covering resistant pathogens such as MRSA, CRE, and others. Also, the HHS has a scheme through which it provides support to clinical labs, often in partnership with multiplex assay developers, under the Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB-X) initiative. In fact, government support for AMR-focused diagnostics not only serves to boost national biosecurity but opens niche verticals for manufacturers both in hospitals and beyond.
Among the most promising opportunities in the multiplex diagnostics market is the federal push in the U.S. for at-home, over the counter (OTC) multiplex test kits. Within NIH's RADx Tech initiative, funding has been provided to companies working with consumer-scale assays that can detect multiple respiratory pathogens-COVID-19, influenza A/B, and RSV-in a single nasal swab. Most notably, FDA has already issued Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for such OTC multiplex devices from Lucera Health and Cue Health.
This is indicative of the larger policy trend of decentralized, rapid diagnostics that improve accessibility and relieve the burden on clinical laboratories. Moreover, the Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is actively examining the creation of reimbursement mechanisms for at-home tests under Medicare Part B, thus potentially instigating permanent coverage pathways. These developments, coupled with WHO's promotion for community-level diagnostics via its Essential Diagnostics List (EDL) and the growing financial impetus into home-based care models, means that momentum in the public sector is rapidly creating an attractive commercial and regulatory environment for OTC multiplex testing.
Although bolstered by strong growth drivers, the major challenge facing the marketplace remains the regulatory convolution around highly multiplex in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices. According to the Centre for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the FDA, assays identifying 20 or more analytes are considered Highly Multiplexed Microbiological/Medical Countermeasure Devices requiring extensive analytical validation, cross-reactivity testing, and clinical performance studies, thereby enhancing the price as well as the duration for product development-especially for smaller manufacturers without regulatory expertise or public grant support.
Thus, variation in classification and approval standards by worldwide regulatory agencies such as Health Canada, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) in Japan add complexity to entering the global market for multiplex assay developers. Although public institutions like the CDC and NIH continue to push for international harmonization of performance standards, until that point is realized, regulatory indecision has the potential to stymie access to the market, by deterring innovations and restricting the use of complex panels in high-need settings.
The global multiplexed diagnostics market, by technology, is segmented into PCR-based Multiplexing, Microarray, Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), Fluorescence-based Multiplexing, and Multiplex Immunoassays.
Amongst these, multiplexing based on PCR is likely going to take the lion's share in the market. This is partly due to its accuracy coupled with cost-effectiveness in bringing a public health benefit concerning respiratory viruses, STIs, as well as AMR detection. An example of the extensive approval and deployment of multiplex PCR platforms by U.S. regulatory agencies through Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) is for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. A significant investment has been made by NIH RADx Tech and CDC AMD programs in developing and rolling out PCR-based syndromic panels across the healthcare settings. Due to easy handling, scalable, and delivering the results in less than an hour, they become the best option for most public and private diagnostic centres.
By application, the market is segmented into Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Genetic Disorders, Autoimmune Diseases, Cardiology, and Neurological Disorders.
Infectious diseases, as such, compose the greater share of the market. Priority by governmental agencies like the CDC, NIH, and WHO is given to multiplex testing for respiratory infections, hospital-acquired infections, and antimicrobial resistance. So many diagnostic laboratories rely on multiplex panels for testing influenza, COVID-19, RSV, and sexually transmitted infections like chlamydia and gonorrhoea. There is a clear awareness of multiplex panels by CDC NSSP and WHO EDL, which merely represent special mention for infectious disease preparedness and surveillance during outbreak scenarios. This application segment keeps driving the demand for multiplex platforms around the globe due to their implications for public health and cost efficiency when controlling outbreaks.
The end user segment of the multiplexed diagnostics market includes Hospitals & Clinics, Diagnostic Laboratories, Academic & Research Institutes, and Government Public Health Programs.
Currently Hospitals and clinics are leading this segment, considering that the number of patients admitted has increased, with a demand for rapid diagnosis, and entry into emergency care and intensive care settings. Multiplex panels are usually employed in the hospital laboratory setting for respiratory syndromes, meningitis/encephalitis, gastrointestinal infections, and management of septic patients. The U.S. public hospitals funded from CDC and NIH grants as well as their European and Japanese equivalent programs are gradually incorporating multiplex assays in their institutional disease management protocols. Government health programs such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and more state public health labs are ever-increasingly using these for real-time surveillance and outbreak response.
The United States has a very strong competitive edge in multiplexed diagnostics due to its better healthcare infrastructure, public sector innovation programs, and above all reimbursement mechanisms. Scientific agencies like the NIH (through RADx Tech) and CDC (through the Advanced Molecular Detection initiative) have invested much into high throughput multiplex platforms for respiratory pathogens, AMR, and genetic screening. In addition, the FDA has authorized several Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for multiplex assays during the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, further qualifying regulatory support for rapid deployment purposes. Among other initiatives aimed at improving the national pandemic preparedness and infectious diseases surveillance, especially among the indigenous and remote populations, the National Microbiology Laboratory, as well as CIHR, have diversified their support towards advancing syndromic multiplex testing in Canada.
In several European countries, especially Germany, France, and the Netherlands, multiplex diagnostics are being incorporated into public health systems through various initiatives set under the Horizon Europe framework. Multiplex panels for oncology and respiratory diseases have been recognized by the EMA through the adaptive pathways instituted for in vitro diagnostics. The ECDC aids with laboratory capacity-building for syndromic panels in AMR monitoring and preparedness against biothreats. National health agencies in the UK and Scandinavian countries have been using multiplex technologies much more often in primary health care, especially for point-of-care testing and detection of co-infections at an early stage.
Japan, China, and India are regarded as new countries in the landscape of multiplex diagnostics adoption and innovation. While the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan supports NGS- and PCR-based multiplex technologies under national programs related to cancer and infectious disease, the Ministry of Science and Technology in China funds local development of multiplex panels through its National Key R&D Program to include more projects related to respiratory diseases and personalized medicine. Meanwhile, India's ICMR and DBT intend to deploy multiplex RT-PCR assays in tertiary hospitals and invest in indigenous test kit manufacturing to support mass screening during seasonal outbreaks such as dengue and influenza.
While funding public sector investments into molecular diagnostics, Brazil and Mexico are now showing rising interest in the multiplex testing of tuberculosis, Zika virus, and respiratory viruses. The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil has partnered with the Ministry of Health to validate and deploy multiplex PCR panels in state laboratories. Multiplex assays are being implemented by the Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE) of Mexico for syndromic surveillance and outbreak response. However, limited access to laboratory automation along with fragmented reimbursement models are challenges for wider market implementation in the region.
Strategic investments in genomics and advanced diagnostics, multiplex platforms in particular, are being made by countries of the GCC, especially the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The government health agencies have collaborated with companies from the US and Europe to integrate syndromic testing in airport screening and national health systems. The NHLS in South Africa is launching multiplex panels for HIV/TB co-infection, meningitis, and sepsis management under the aegis of WHO regional lab networks. In Sub-Saharan Africa, WHO and Africa CDC are advancing the implementation of multiplex diagnostics with the regional excellence centres as well as essential diagnostics strategy programs.
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Base Year | 2024 |
Estimated Forecast Year | 2025–34 |
Growth Rate | CAGR of 10.3% from 2025 to 2034 |
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14 Jun 2022