The aim of this article was to review the effect of hyaluronic acid used as vehicle for ocular drug delivery. Two experiments were conducted to analyse the mechanism and the application of hyaluronic acid in eye drops. The concentration of timolol maleate in aqueous homor after single instillation of the timolol maleate eye drops vehicled by hyaluronan was compared with ordinary timolol maleate eye drops in rabbits, and the residence time and miotic effect of the pilocarpine nitrate eye drops vehicled by hyaluronan was compared with ordinary pilocarpine nitrate eye drops in rabbits. The result showed that hyaluronan could increase the concentration of timolol maleate in aqueous homor, significantly prolong the residence times and promote miotic effect of pilocarpin nitrate eye drop. Hyaluronic acid improves drug bioavailability by the ways of visicosity enhancement, membrane adhesion as well as drug interaction. The eye drops vehicled with hyaluronic acid have higher bioavailability, which will contribute to a broad prospect in application.