Ocular Health Market Growth Strategy
Sizeable opportunities with substantial unmet medical need
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People:
80%
of visual impairment is
preventable or curable¹
could be saved with
$102b appropriate eye care
services1
153 million
with uncorrected
refractive errors 1
1.7 billion
have
presbyopia²
1. World Health Organization (WHO), www.who.int/blindness
352 million
20 million
are blind
from cataracts¹
93 million
have
diabetic retinopathy4
live with
dry eye³
2. Global Prevalence of Presbyopia and Vision Impairment, 2018 Oct;125(10): 1492-1499. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha
3. Epi Database. Kantar Health. June 2015. Custom Dry Eye Self-Reported Prevalence ages 40+, 16 markets
67 million
live with
glaucoma 5
4. Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy, Diabetes Care 2012 Mar; 35(3): 556-564
5. Glaucoma Foundation, http://glaucomafoundation.org/Get Involved.htm
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