Spending increases for 2008
More than one-third (36.4%) of respondents plan to spend more on pharmaceutical machinery and equipment in 2008 than in 2007,
and more than a quarter (26.8%) plan to spend the same amount (see Figure 5). About 16.5% plan to spend less, and 20.3% do
not know whether they plan to increase spending.
Figure 5.
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For those companies that plan to increase spending in 2008, a critical question is how great the increases. For respondents
whose companies plan to spend more in 2008 than in 2007, the mean planned increase in spending is 9.3%. The median increase
is 4.1–6%.
Figure 6.
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Figure 6 shows the percentage by which respondents say they will increase spending in 2008 compared with 2007. Almost 14%
say their planned percentage increase will be less than 2%. Roughly one-third (34.0%) say the increase will be 2.1%–4%, and
30.1% say it will be between 4.1–6%. More than 20% (22.3%) report that their planned increases will be greater than 6% compared
with 2007.
Of the respondents whose companies plan to increase their 2008 spending over 2007 levels, 66% say the planned increase is
greater than their 2006–2007 increase, 30% say it is on par, and 4% say it is less.
Spending allocation in 2008
An important consideration in assessing spending habits is to determine the types of equipment for planned spending in 2008.
Respondents most frequently plan to increase their spending on laboratory equipment (31.6%) and machinery for quality assurance
and control (30.9%).
Roughly one-quarter of respondents say they will increase spending in 2008 in the following areas: process control and automation
(27.9%), processing (27.9%), packaging (27.6%), API manufacturing (24.7%), cleanrooms (21.6%), and parenteral manufacturing
(21.2%).
Solid-dosage manufacturing and environment control ranked as the lowest areas for planned spending in 2008. Only 19.6% of
respondents said that they will increase spending for equipment and machinery for solid-dosage manufacturing in 2008, and
16.1% for environmental control.
Figure 7.
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Figure 7 shows the areas in which respondents say they will spend the most in 2008. Roughly one-fifth (21.3%) say they plan
to spend the most on manufacturing and processing equipment in 2008. Interestingly, although solid-dosage manufacturing was
not a popular area for spending, it was one of the areas in which respondents said they plan to spend the most in 2008. Nearly
15% of respondents said that they plan to spend the most for machinery and equipment for solid-dosage manufacturing. Thirteen
and one-half percent ranked API manufacturing as the area for their highest spending in 2008, and 13.1% did so for parenteral
manufacturing.
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