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Drug ReportsAfamelanotide
Scenesse(afamelanotide)
Scenesse (afamelanotide) is a protein pharmaceutical. Afamelanotide was first approved as Scenesse on 2014-12-22. It is used to treat erythropoietic protoporphyria in the USA. It has been approved in Europe to treat erythropoietic protoporphyria. It is known to target melanocortin receptor 4, melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor, melanocortin receptor 3, and melanocortin receptor 5.
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MeSH
digestive system diseasesD004066
hereditary congenital and neonatal diseases and abnormalitiesD009358
skin and connective tissue diseasesD017437
nutritional and metabolic diseasesD009750
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Scenesse
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Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
Afamelanotide
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Date
Products
SCENESSEClinuvel PharmaceuticalsN-210797 RX2019-10-08
1 products, RLD, RS
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scenesseNew Drug Application2024-08-14
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ICD-10
erythropoietic protoporphyria—D046351E80.0
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AFAMELANOTIDE, SCENESSE, CLIVUNEL INC
2026-10-08ODE-270
2024-10-08NCE
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FDA Information
Afamelanotide, Scenesse, Clivunel Inc
83342652029-03-11U-2638
100765552025-02-11U-2638
ATC Codes
D: Dermatologicals
— D02: Emollients and protectives
— D02B: Protectives against uv-radiation
— D02BB: Protectives against uv-radiation for systemic use
— D02BB02: Afamelanotide
HCPCS
Code
Description
J7352
Afamelanotide implant, 1 mg
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23 clinical trials
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Erythropoietic protoporphyriaD046351—E80.0124——6
VitiligoD014820EFO_0004208L80131——5
Contact dermatitisD003877—L25——1—12
ExanthemaD005076HP_0000988———1—12
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Xeroderma pigmentosumD014983—Q82.1—2———2
IchthyosisD007057—E50.8—2———2
UrticariaD014581EFO_0005531L50—1———1
Solar urticariaD000092130———1———1
Squamous cell carcinomaD002294———1———1
Squamous cell neoplasmsD018307———1———1
Organ transplantationD016377———1———1
Actinic keratosisD055623—L57.0—1———1
KeratosisD007642———1———1
Ischemic strokeD000083242———1———1
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Healthy volunteers/patients———1————1
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General
Drug common nameAfamelanotide
INNafamelanotide
Description
Afamelanotide is a polypeptide comprising of 13 amino acids which is an analogue of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone. It is approved as a dermatologic drug for the prevention of phototoxicity in adult patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria. It has a role as a dermatologic drug.
Classification
Protein
Drug classpeptides: melanocortin receptor agonists
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)
CCCC[C@H](NC(=O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)[C@H](Cc1ccc(O)cc1)NC(=O)[C@H](CO)NC(C)=O)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCC(=O)O)C(=O)N[C@@H](Cc1c[nH]cn1)C(=O)N[C@H](Cc1ccccc1)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCCNC(=N)N)C(=O)N[C@@H](Cc1c[nH]c2ccccc12)C(=O)NCC(=O)N[C@@H](CCCCN)C(=O)N1CCC[C@H]1C(=O)N[C@H](C(N)=O)C(C)C
Identifiers
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CAS-ID75921-69-6
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ChEMBL IDCHEMBL441738
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PubChem CID16154396
DrugBankDB04931
UNII IDQW68W3J66U (ChemIDplus, GSRS)
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Alternate
MC4R
MC4R
MC1R
MC1R
MC3R
MC3R
MC5R
MC5R
Organism
Homo sapiens
Gene name
MC4R
Gene synonyms
NCBI Gene ID
Protein name
melanocortin receptor 4
Protein synonyms
MC4-R, mutant melanocortin-4 receptor
Uniprot ID
Mouse ortholog
Mc4r (17202)
melanocortin receptor 4 (Q9EQM7)
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