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Escalating burden of eye disorders coupled with growing demand for effective ophthalmology therapeutics and diagnostic solutions is expected to boost the ophthalmology CROs marker development. Increasing old age population and lifestyles change has led to growing eye conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and cataracts. As the elderly population grows, visual impairment has pushed to the forefront as a major public health concern. For instance, in 2020, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1.8 million U.S. population aged 40 years and older are affected by age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Similarly, in 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), globally 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment among which at least half of these cases of vision impairment could have been prevented and some are yet to be addressed.