Egg Donation Market

U.S. Egg Donation Market Outlook 2031

• The U.S. egg donation market was valued at US$ 683.97 Mn in 2020
• It is estimated to expand at a CAGR of 11.8% from 2021 to 2031
• The U.S. egg donation market is expected to surpass the value of US$ 2.2 Bn by the end of 2031

Analysts’ Viewpoint on U.S. Egg Donation Market Scenario

The coronavirus pandemic has created a need to formulate guidelines on a national level to avoid any sort of disparity between protocols to be followed by ART clinics in the U.S. Apart from standardization to prevent coercion and uninformed consent of egg donors, there is a need for the inclusion of IVF treatment & egg donation procedures in insurance plans to safeguard the interest of both parties. Hence, stakeholders in the U.S. egg donation market should work closely with healthcare organizations to include reimbursements for women willing to donate their eggs to the recipient. Initiatives taken by large international healthcare providers to establish fertility centers, rise in government initiatives to establish fertility clinics, and growth in popularity of IVF & ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) treatment are key drivers that are contributing to the expansion of the U.S. egg donation market.

Egg Donation Techniques Create Fertile Grounds for Market Growth

The growing infertility among women is leading to a demand for IVF (in vitro fertilization) procedures. Such trends are translating into revenue opportunities for participants in the U.S. egg donation market. Egg donation benefits women who cannot use their eggs for various reasons, including advanced age, ovarian failure, and to avoid congenital anomalies in the fetus.

Specialists at fertility clinics and hospitals are enabling procedures for both fresh and frozen eggs. These specialists are able to freeze some or all of the embryos for later use or implantation in different women. In order to use fresh donor eggs, individuals can select from an egg donor agency or choose an egg donor from the patient's own infertility program.

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ART Services to Recommence with Attention to Guidelines Post COVID-19 Period

Even though many countries such as India, the U.K., and Canada are dissolving the mandate on masks for the novel coronavirus, healthcare practitioners at fertility clinics, and hospitals in the U.S. are following national and local guidelines to prevent any potential outbreaks. This is necessary since Shanghai in China is under scrutiny for a new outbreak of the Wuhan virus, with millions of people instructed to follow a lockdown.

Healthcare clinics in the U.S. egg donation market are restarting their ART (assisted reproductive technologies) services to revive cash flows and the overall global economy. Strict vigilance of ARTs services is being followed in the U.S. to prevent any malicious steps during IVF procedures.

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Concerns of Coercion and Uninformed Consent Hampering Market Expansion

The growing awareness about the benefits of IVF has led to investments in new fertility clinics and hospitals. Such trends are contributing to the growth of the U.S. egg donation market. Rise in demand for infertility treatment has increased the number of fertility clinics across the world. However, ethical concerns regarding egg donation are affecting market growth.

Due to the highly technical nature of ARTs, donors may be incapable of fully understanding all the potential risks and treatment options without substantial background in biology & medicine. This creates the problem of coercion due to high financial incentives to the donor and uninformed consent with regard to egg donation. Hence, stakeholders in the U.S. egg donation market should work closely with the regulatory authorities to introduce standardization in the processes for egg donation, keeping in mind age, medical tests, background check, and psychological screening to prevent coercion and uninformed consent.

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U.S. Egg Donation Market to Flourish with Constant Procedure Enhancements

Apart from fresh donor eggs, the use of frozen donor eggs has become a popular alternative with this option. Donors are recruited and screened by an egg bank. They undergo stimulation and the eggs are recovered & frozen for use by potential recipients. Patients who choose to use frozen donor eggs purchase a unit to be shipped to their local IVF program. Alternatively, some donor-egg banks will execute fertilization of the frozen oocytes and ship the embryos back to the recipient's local IVF program.

The choice of frozen donor oocytes also presents certain pros and cons. A major advantage is that little or no waiting is typically needed. The oocytes are immediately available for use in a cycle. Some of the cons to consider are that intracytoplasmic injection of sperm will be necessary. Freezing and thawing of the oocyte make the shell surrounding the egg, known as the zona pellucida, more difficult for the sperm to penetrate on its own. Thus, the U.S. egg donation market is expected to flourish with constant R&D to improve procedures in IVF programs.

U.S. Egg Donation Market: Overview

• Egg donation benefits women who cannot use their own eggs for various reasons, including ovarian failure, avoid congenital anomalies in the fetus, or advanced age. The procedure involves a doctor removing an egg or eggs from a donor, fertilizing them in a laboratory, and then transferring the resulting embryos into the recipient’s uterus. Doctors do this using an implantation procedure such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
• In the U.S., a recipient can choose between three types of egg donors: anonymous donor, semi-known donor, and known donor. In all three cases, every woman wishing to become an egg donor should meet a series of requirements established by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).
• The success rate of the fresh egg reproduction process is higher than frozen eggs. The egg donor is someone who has a relationship with the recipient and hence has higher chances of conceiving. A large number of oocytes and embryos are available for the procedure. Hence, the chances of having a baby is much higher.
• Rise in infertility has spread awareness among couples about fertility testing and has increased the number of males undergoing fertility testing. Homosexuality is legal in most parts of the U.S. Therefore, the country has large number of LGBTQIA-friendly egg donor clinics that can help same-sex couples find a vast list of egg donors. These factors are likely to boost the growth of the egg donation market in the U.S. in the next few years.

Decline in Fertility Rates

• Fertility patterns in the world have changed significantly in the last few decades. The global fertility rate has touched unprecedented low levels. Lifestyle factors, increase in sexually transmitted diseases, rise in obesity, and environmental factors involved in urbanization and urban lifestyle are affecting fertility and have led to a rise in male and female subfertility.
• The sharpest declines in fertility rates can be attributed to the introduction of safe, reliable access to contraception. This could include confidential access to local cultural norms or family members impede a woman's right to access birth control. Increase in availability of sexual health education and family planning resources has also affected fertility rates.
• Decline in fertility rate increases demand for egg donation. This is expected to propel the need and usage of donated eggs.

Surge in Number of Fertility Clinics

• Rise in demand for infertility treatment has increased the number of fertility clinics across the world. This, in turn, has led to a surge in the number of men availing fertility tests. Demand for assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) has increased manifold in the past few years, which propels the demand for egg donation.
• A number of services provided by fertility clinics is not covered by insurance plans and must be paid for out-of-pocket. Therefore, increase in disposable income boosts demand for fertility clinics.
• Rise in government initiatives to establish fertility clinics, initiatives taken by large international healthcare providers to establish fertility centers, and growing popularity of IVF & ICSI treatment globally are likely to contribute to the growth of the market

Major Players

• Key players operating in the egg donation market in the U.S. include
  • Egg Donor America
  • ConceiveAbilities
  • Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation
  • Egg Donation, Inc.
  • Boston IVF
  • Nashville Fertility
  • Beverly Hills Egg Donation
  • Duke University Health System
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • MCRM Fertility
  • Sher `Fertility Solutions
• Each of these players has been profiled in the egg donation market report based on parameters such as company overview, financial overview, business strategies, application portfolio, business segments, and recent developments

U.S. Egg Donation Market Snapshot

U.S. Egg Donation Market – Segmentation

TMR’s study on the egg donation market includes information divided into two segments: type and service provider.