During January 2009, Santen became the leader in ophthalmics sales on the annual level in Finland. Santen’s market share of ophthalmic products is now approximately 25% measured in euros and 44% measured in unit sales. For the first time, Santen also became the market leader in dry eye products. Santen’s sales in 2008 totalled almost 9 million euros and 1.5 million packs.