Porphyria (EPP)

Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is Clinuvel's lead clinical indication for its drug SCENESSE® (afamelanotide).

This webpage is a portal for all information relevant to clinical studies and news relevant to EPP.

SCENESSE® is currently available by prescription to Italian citizens diagnosed with EPP (learn more here). Clinuvel has filed a marketing authorisation application for SCENESSE® for EPP with the European Medicines Agency (read more here). The company is currently awaiting further feedback from the FDA on the direction of its US EPP program.

EPP Blog Posts

Allergan’s lawsuit filed against the FDA presents a relatively novel case in addressing the requirements of drug developers in relation...

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Following on from last week’s conversation, I left off with the issues surrounding the off-label prescriptive habits by physicians and...

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EPP Webcasts

Vitiligo is a skin disorder which causes the loss of pigment - melanin - in the skin. Though it affects around 45 million people worldwide,...

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On 31 January 2012 Swiss TV channel Telezueri aired a report on erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), a rare genetic disorder which causes ab...

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Following Clinuvel's landmark filing of a marketing authorisation application for the drug SCENESSE® (afamelanotide) with the European Medic...

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