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About Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals

Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing treatments for patients with genetic, metabolic, and life-threatening disorders in Australia, Europe, the United States, Switzerland, and internationally. Its lead drug candidate is SCENESSE, a systemic photoprotective drug for the prevention of phototoxicity in adult patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP). The company's pipeline products include CUV9900, an alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone analogue; Parvysmelanotide (VLRX001), which provoke prolonged cellular activity; and PRÉNUMBRA, a liquid injectable formulation of afamelanotide. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.