Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market

Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market, by Drug Class,
Distribution Channel, and Geography - Global Industry
Insights, Trends, Outlook and Opportunity Analysis 20182026
Viral conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the conjunctiva, which is a thin outermost layer of
the sclera and inner layer of eyelid. Viral conjunctiva is caused due to infections from virus
such as adenovirus, herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus, picornavirus, poxvirus, and
human immunodeficiency virus. It is also called as Pinkeye disease. Viral conjunctivitis is
characterized by the reddish eye, watery discharge from eye, and itching/irritation. Persistent
conjunctivitis from virus may lead to corneal keratitis. Treatment for viral conjunctivitis may be
symptomatic or virus specific.
Treatment can include artificial tear drops to lower the dryness and irritation from infection,
vasoconstrictors to reduce eye redness, decongestants to reduce the swelling, and antihistamines
to reduce itching. Treatments usually are continued for one to two weeks, depending on the
severity of the infection. Anti-viral therapy is utilized to treat infections from herpes simplex
and varicella zoster virus.
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Report includes chapters which deeply display the following deliverable about industry :
• Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market Research Objective and Assumption
• Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market Purview - Report Description, Executive Summary, and
Coherent Opportunity Map (COM)
• Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market Dynamics, Regulations, and Trends Analysis - Market
Dynamics, Regulatory Scenario, Industry Trend, Merger and Acquisitions, New system
Launch/Approvals, Value Chain Analysis, Porter’s Analysis, and PEST Analysis
• Global Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market, By Regions
• Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market Competition by Manufacturers including Production, Share,
Revenue, Average Price, Manufacturing Base Distribution, Sales Area and Product Type.
• Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market Manufacturers Profiles/Analysis including Company Basic
Information, Manufacturing Base and Its Competitors.
• Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market Manufacturing Cost Analysis including Key Raw Materials
and Key Suppliers of Raw Materials.
• Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers including Upstream Raw Materials
Sourcing and Downstream Buyers
• Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders including Marketing Channel, Market
Positioning and Distributors/Traders List.
• Market Effect Factors Analysis including Technology Progress/Risk, Consumer Needs/Customer
Preference Change and Economic/Political Environmental Change.
• Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market Forecast including Production, Consumption, Import and
Export Forecast by Type, Applications and Region.
• Research Findings and Conclusion
New drugs development in the U.S. to propel growth of the viral conjunctivitis market:
According to study published in the journal Ophthalmology in December 2017, approximately
80% of conjunctivitis cases in the U.S. are associated with viral conjunctivitis. According to
study published in Review of Ophthalmology in January 2017, around 15 per 1000 population
in the U.S. suffer from viral conjunctivitis. As per a study in Review of Optometry in 2016, an
estimated 20,000 new cases, 48,000 cases of recurrences, and prevalence of 4,00,000 cases of
herpes simplex keratitis were reported every year in U.S. Considering this facts, U.S. is expected
to dominate the viral conjunctivitis drugs market. Also, increasing investment for development
of new drugs to treat the viral conjunctivitis are further expected to propel the viral
conjunctivitis drugs market growth. For instance, APD-209 is a drug candidate from Adenovir
Pharma AB to treat epidemic keratoconjunctivitis from adenovirus, which has completed the
phase 2 clinical studies in 2016. There is also increased awareness amongst patients about
approaching the ophthalmologist to treat viral conjunctivitis.
However, there is no direct anti-viral treatment available yet for conjunctivitis, which if
available may open new opportunity in viral conjunctivitis drugs market. To treat viral
conjunctivitis often it becomes difficult to clinically differentiate the viral conjunctivitis from the
bacterial conjunctivitis which leads to miss diagnosis. Many physicians at primary care centers
prescribe antibiotic to treat viral conjunctivitis due to miss diagnosis and this chain of events
limits the expansion of viral conjunctivitis drugs market. According to 2017 study in
Ophthalmology, an estimated 83% patients of acute conjunctivitis visited primary care centers
instead of ophthalmologist, which leads to overlap of diagnosis and treatment of viral
conjunctivitis in turn restraining market growth.
Major Key Players:
Key players operating in the viral conjunctivitis drugs market include Bausch & Lomb, Allergan
plc, Shire plc, NicOx S.A, NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., NanoViricides, Inc., Novartis
International AG, Adenovir Pharma AB, Panoptes Pharma GES.M.B.H., Akorn Pharmaceuticals,
and Quidel Corporation. Market players are investing in research to development of novel
therapies to treat viral conjunctivitis.
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NiCox S.A. in March 2017, received the FDA approval for its ZERVIATE1 (cetirizine ophthalmic
solution 0.24%) as New Drug Application (NDA), which is the first antihistaminic topical ocular
formulation for the treatment of itching due to allergic conjunctivitis. Company is looking to
commercialize the product in the U.S. through partnership. In 2015, Shire plc announced
acquisition of Foresight Biotherapeutics for US$ 300 million. Foresight Biotherapeutics has
experimental eye drop FST-100 in its pipeline, which is a combination of 0.6% povidone iodine
and 0.1% dexamethasone to treat both viral and bacterial conjunctivitis. This acquisition would
add growth to Shire plc’s ophthalmic portfolio.
Viral Conjunctivitis Drugs Market Taxonomy:
On the basis of drug class:
• Artificial tears
• Decongestants
• Anti-histaminic
• NSAIDS
• Anti-Viral drugs
On the basis of the distribution channel:
• Hospital Pharmacy
• Retail Pharmacy
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Viral conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the conjunctiva, which is a thin outermost layer of the sclera and inner layer of eyelid.