Mission Statement

Clinuvel’s Mission is to provide treatment for patients who are most severely affected by light/UV and depigmentation disorders. Clinuvel develops pharmaceutical products, which belong to the family of melanocortins, to be used as prescriptive therapies.

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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