Dry Eye Disease Market, Punctal Plugs, and Secretagogue; Distribution Channel

Hospital Pharmacies, Independent Pharmacies & Drug Stores, and Online pharmacies – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2017 – 2025

LONDON, March 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Global Dry Eye Disease Market: Overview – News provided by ReportBuyer

Dry eye is an ocular disease caused due to insufficiency or lack of tears in eye. Tears made up of three layers viz. lipids, mucin and aqueous keep eye moist and lubricated. Lack of tears lead to redness, burning, sensing and pain in eye. Dry eye disease also known as Keratoconjuctivitis Sicca is a common phenomenon, which is estimated to have prevalence of 8% to 34% across the globe.

Dry eye disease is categorized into evaporative dry eye disease and aqueous deficiency dry eye disease. Dry eye is a multifactorial disease, most of the currently approved prescription and currently approved dry eye treatment products are targeted to relief the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. The choice of treatment depends upon the type and severity of dry eye disease.

Global Dry Eye Disease Market: Scope of the Study
Market revenue in terms of US$ Mn for the period between 2015 and 2025 along with the compound annual growth rate (CAGR %) from 2017 to 2025 are provided for all the segments, considering 2016 as the base year. Market related factors such as technological developments, product innovation, expansion of healthcare infrastructure facilities around the world, and historical year-on-year growth have been taken into consideration while estimating the market size.

Growth rates for each segment within the dry eye disease market have been determined after a thorough analysis of past trends, demographics, future trends, technological developments, product development life cycle, and regulatory requirements. These factors would help the market players to take strategic decisions in order to strengthen their positions and expand their share in the global market.

On the basis of products, the dry eye disease market is categorized into artificial tears, anti-inflammatory drugs, punctal plugs, secretagogue and others. The anti-inflammatory drugs segment is further classified into cyclosporine, corticosteroids and lifitegrast. While the others segment includes oral omega supplements, oral tetracycline and eye inserts. On the basis of distribution channel, the dry eye disease market is categorized into hospital pharmacies, independent pharmacies & drug stores and online pharmacies.

Global Dry Eye Disease Market: Competitive Outlook
The competition matrix section included in the report is likely to assist the existing players to increase their market shares and new companies to establish their presence in the dry eye disease market. Key companies profiled include Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Novartis AG, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Allergan plc, Shire plc, TRB Chemedica International SA, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sentiss Pharma Pvt. Ltd., Johnson & Johnson, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Mitotech S.A. and FCI S.A.S.