Welcome to Clinuvel

We are a global biopharmaceutical company committed to developing drugs for the treatment of a range of severe skin disorders.

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 SCENESSE® was filed for review by the European Medicines Agency for EPP. Further trials of SCENESSE® are underway in the pigmentary disorder vitiligo.

Our website has been developed to help share our expertise on the interaction of light and human skin as well as provide a thorough overview of our global drug development programs.

Clinuvel Blog Posts

Study sheds light on common skin cancers...

“Basal cell carcinoma skin cancer is the most common form of skin cancer”. It’s a common claim and one which is undoubtedly true –...

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Delivering a therapy for those who need it most: EPP...

Earlier today we announced that two health insurers in Switzerland had agreed to reimburse SCENESSE® (afamelanotide) for the rare disease...

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New UK coins may pose skin allergy risk...

In a letter published this week in the British Journal of Medicine three dermatologists have highlighted the potential risks posed by the...

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Clinuvel Webcasts

Understanding Vitiligo: Misconception & Myth...

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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'Check up' reports on rare disease EPP and SCENESSE...

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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"Focus really pays off in the end"...

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

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Clinuvel Spotlight

Company History

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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