Clinical Indications

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

• Leading cause of blindness in Americans 55 and older
• Affects approximately 20% of the U.S. population
• 9 million Americans have intermediate to severe AMD

Source: American Health Assistance Foundation MDR Factsheet, Summer 2006

Source: American Health Assistance Foundation MDR Factsheet, Summer 2006; Glaucoma Research Foundation

Glaucoma

• Estimated 3 million people in U.S. have glaucoma with 50% undiagnosed
• Glaucoma costs U.S. health care system an estimated $2.5 billion annually
• $1.9 billion direct costs and $600 million indirect costs
• 120,000 Americans are blind from glaucoma
• 9% - 12% of blindness cases

Diabetic Retinopathy

• Leading cause of blindness in the U.S. among working age adults
• Estimated 21 million people with diabetes, increasing 7% per year
• Only 45% have been examined for DR
• 5.3 million people have been diagnosed with DR in the U.S.
• Diabetes related blindness costs exceed $3.8 billion a year
• 12,000 – 39,000 new cases of blindness per year, 90% preventable
  

  Source: American Diabetic Assocation HEDIS (Health Plan Employer Data & Information Set);
  National Eye Institute