Ocular Health Market Growth Strategy
Favorable megatrends underpin strong market potential
Alcon
Aging population
with growing eye care
needs
Innovation improving the
quality of eye care
Increasing wealth
and growth from
emerging economies
Myopia prevalence is
growing; increased
screen time and mobile
device use is impacting
vision
Population over age 60
will double by 2050
(>1b people) 1
Patients have more
options and
better outcomes
Middle class will grow
by ~1.5b people in the
next 10-15 years²
By 2050, half the world,
~5b people,
will be myopic ³
1. United Nations (UN), http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/ageing/
2. The unprecedented expansion of the global middle class an update, Kharas 2017
3. Global Prevalence of Myopia and High Myopia and Temporal Trends from 2000 through 2050, Holden, Brien A. et al., Ophthalmology, Volume 123, Issue 5, 1036 - 1042
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