Disclosed are means, methods and compositions of matter for treatment of dry eye disease using factors released from placental amniotic tissue when cultured in a liquid media. In one embodiment of the invention amnion is extracted from a hemochorial placenta and cultured in a means to maintain viability of said amnion. Said means in which hemochorial placenta amnion is maintained viable is subsequently used to collect factors which are released by said placental amnion which are useful for treatment of dry eye disease either in unpurified form, in concentrated form, or specific molecular weight fractions derived thereof.
