Emergen Research

The global  artificial cornea and corneal implant market  size was USD 437.6 Million in 2022 and is expected to register a revenue CAGR of 7.9% during the forecast period. Increasing prevalence of ophthalmic infection, rising investment and initiatives in eye care, increasing research and development in artificial cornea implants, and growing number of surgeries and demand for new techniques are some of the major factors driving the market revenue growth. Increasing prevalence of ophthalmic or eye infections is a major factor driving the market revenue growth. According to the research, there are between 1 and 1.4 million fungal eye infections every year in the developing world, which result in over 600,000 individuals losing vision in one eye. One type of eye infection, Fungal keratitis cases have poor prognoses as they are typically detected too late to save eyesight. 10% of the patient require surgical eye removal, and 60% of patients will lose vision in the affected eye. In contr