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Regarding the commencement of its INSPIRE (International SCENESSE Pilot Repigmentation Evaluation) program to evaluate the use of its first-in-class drug SCENESSE (afamelanotide) as a repigmentation therapy in vitiligo, Dr Mark Lebwohl, Professor and Chair of Dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and an investigator on the Clinuvel study, said: I think this is an exciting, major advancement for vitiligo, a disease for which we do not have adequate effective treatments,
A prolonged period of observation and treatment for these symptoms may be necessary, taking into account the long half-life of RYBELSUS of approximately 1 week
For larger volumes (50+ units), dead space is negligible