About Clinuvel

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Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: CUV; XETRA-DAX: UR9; ADR: CLVLY) is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs for the treatment of a range of severe skin disorders. With our unique expertise in understanding the interaction of light and human skin, we have identified three groups of patients with a clinical need for photoprotection and another group with a need for repigmentation. These patient groups range in size from 10,000 to 45 million.

Clinuvel’s lead compound, SCENESSE® (afamelanotide), a first-in-class drug targeting erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), has completed Phase II and III trials in the US and Europe. In February 2012 a marketing authorisation application for SCENESSE® was filed for review by the European Medicines Agency. Presently, there is no known effective treatment for EPP and SCENESSE® has been granted orphan drug status. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Clinuvel has operations in Europe and in the US, with 25 employees worldwide. You can learn more about Clinuvel’s corporate activities in the investors' area.

Clinuvel Blog Posts

Today, February 28, marks Rare Disease Day: an annual event to help highlight the effects of rare diseases on individuals, families and the...

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We've just released the first results from our vitiligo program which you can view online here. Following their release, we expect a number...

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I find vitiligo to be a fascinating, yet devastating disorder: almost overnight, patients see their skin colour erode and their identity...

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Clinuvel Webcasts

Taking on Vitiligo, a depigmentation disorder of the skin. In 2010, Clinuvel ventured into an area of dermatology where no other pharmaceut...

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Taking on Vitiligo, a depigmentation disorder of the skin. In 2010, Clinuvel ventured into an area of dermatology where no other pharmaceut...

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Taking on Vitiligo, a depigmentation disorder of the skin. In 2010, Clinuvel ventured into an area of dermatology where no other pharmaceut...

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Clinuvel Spotlight

The technology behind Clinuvel’s lead drug, SCENESSE® (afamelanotide), has been in research and development since the 1980s when a small team of scientists set out to investigate methods of preventing skin cancer in humans. Clinuvel licensed this technology and has spent over A$20million optimising the chemistry of afamelanotide (the active ingredient in SCENESSE®) an...

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