Another company with Vitiligo drug in trials

VitiligoWeb.com

Here is another company I just read about that has a  drug for Vitiligo in trials.  It is a drug to help tanning in a rare form of skin disease, but it also may have applications for Vitiligo.  The company is in Australia and is called Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd.  The drug is called Scenesse.

Scenesse's initial market comprises only about 10,000 patients, but it has the potential for treating millions more. The drug is in mid-stage testing for treating vitiligo, which causes some blacks and Hispanics to lose skin pigmentation and results in unsightly white skin blotches. The disease affects an estimated 40 million people in the developed world.

He insists U.S. regulators would never approve Scenesse for tanning rather than a medical condition. He noted that once a drug is approved for one use, it is easier to gain additional, potentially more lucrative, approvals, such as for vitiligo.

Link to full article:
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/interview-tiny-clinuvel-spurns-tanning-for-medical-need

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