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Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (PK)

Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (PK) (CLVLF)

8.45
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Current Price
8.45
Bid
7.93
Offer
8.93
Volume
40
0.00 Day's Range 0.00
8.38 52 Week Range 11.55
Market Cap
Previous Close
8.45
Open
-
Last Trade
40
@
8.4993
Last Trade Time
04:48:22
Financial Volume
-
VWAP
-
Average Volume (3m)
1,284
Shares Outstanding
50,103,765
Dividend Yield
0.92%
PE Ratio
18.39
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
0.71
Revenue
88.74M
Net Profit
35.64M

About Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (PK)

Sector
Medicinal Chems,botanicl Pds
Industry
Drugs-health R&d/testing Labs
Headquarters
Melbourne, Victoria, Aus
Founded
2000
Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (PK) is listed in the Medicinal Chems,botanicl Pds sector of the OTCMarkets with ticker CLVLF. The last closing price for Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals (PK) was US$8.45. Over the last year, Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals (PK) shares have traded in a share price range of US$ 8.38 to US$ 11.55.

Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals (PK) currently has 50,103,765 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals (PK) is US$423.38 million. Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals (PK) has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 18.39.

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CLVLF Discussion

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Jestiron Jestiron 4 years ago
We are/I am here. Never been a lot of people anyhow. -j
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 4 years ago
It seems everyone has moved away from this room too.


ShareCafe is still there but only a few posters are still there. Everybody moved to the new forum.
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 4 years ago
ShareCafe is still there but only a few posters are still there. Everybody moved to the new forum.
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 4 years ago
Does this new forum totally replace the one at ShareCafe? I don't look at that one every week, but a quick read does not show any mention of that board moving...???




The new go to forum for all things Clinuvel is www.sharetease.com

Register here: www.investclinuvel.com
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 4 years ago
The new go to forum for all things Clinuvel is www.sharetease.com

Register here: www.investclinuvel.com
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Jestiron Jestiron 4 years ago
Yeah. Stealing our thunder!

I sense a lot of this is driven by the overall declining market sentiment.

People are legit worried about having positions. Money going to the sidelines again...

Jest
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 4 years ago
Still waiting for a serious move. So much other pharmacy news these days this is not getting much attention from the media or from investors.

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Jestiron Jestiron 5 years ago
I would like to see a steady push to just under $20 be before healthy consolidation. Then maybe moving beyond $20. Revenues won't show new US sales for months probably. Maybe start to see that in 3Q or 4Q reporting? This is such great news too for those who suffer with EPP. This good news will change their lives! I am happy for them!

My concern is that, IMO, the market is about to take a downturn as 2Q worldwide reporting (seeing results in 3Q) shows massive losses/lower revenue due to Covid-19 impact. Not sure of how that will impact the first portion. Impossible to know for sure how deep the impact will be.

Good luck to us ALL....
Jest
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
Clinuvel is making a bumpy, but steady climb... but to where?

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Jestiron Jestiron 5 years ago
From Yesterday 3/23
CLINUVEL PHARMACEUTICALS LTD today announced plans to launch its novel drug SCENESSE® (afamelanotide) in the USA, with the first patient to be treated after 15 April 2020. SCENESSE® was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in October 2019 to increase pain free light exposure in adult patients with a history of phototoxic […]
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Jestiron Jestiron 5 years ago
Check the news! US sales to finally begin! HUGE news!
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
Any idea why it's up more than most other stocks today?


Thats better!
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Jestiron Jestiron 5 years ago
Thats better!
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Jestiron Jestiron 5 years ago
Damn. Watching this is not fun.
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Monroe1 Monroe1 5 years ago
I have a half dozen or so pharmaceutical stocks. I noticed any of those not related to dealing with the immune system or gene therapy are dropping. I as well sold most of my Clinuvel and repostionied into one that will be dealing with corona. At some point I will sell most of that one and jump back in Clinuvel. I expect a big jump back up at some point which may come on their next PR update regarding US sales expansion, European, and Australian. I expect you will do fine as the company is solid and on a world wide expansion campaign.
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
It seems the price of this stock is falling along with all others due to the pending pandemic. I'm having trouble finding the correlation between this stock and the Corona Virus.

I can speculate - maybe people think the insurance companies will suffer from losses due to medical expenses due to the virus and cut back on spending for drugs that simply improve quality of life?

Maybe people are selling anything - even the good stocks - to cover losses elsewhere?

Maybe people don't know what this company does?

If anyone has any insight as to why this stock is falling, and what might reverse it - I'm curious. In the meantime I just keep buying more.

Price is getting to be attractive. Any news and back up to 25 therebouts plus an update on US sales and we begin a new ball game.
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Monroe1 Monroe1 5 years ago
Price is getting to be attractive. Any news and back up to 25 therebouts plus an update on US sales and we begin a new ball game.
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
Not much in the news about Scenesse. I did find this interesting FDA page.

Not much if any new, but good reference point.

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neumeied neumeied 5 years ago
Looks like they released it in Australia yesterday, not a bad report considering there are no new markets contributing yet. And on the last newsletter, as usual, they were not very clear on what is needed and when they anticipate being able to actually sell in the US. It’s been a frustrating few months since US approval, hopefully tangible good news (Australian approval, treatment / sales in US starting) starts coming soon.
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
I have not seen much news about Clinuvel recently. Any estimates when sales might begin in the US? Any new products to be aware of?

When is the next quarterly report?

Thanks

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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
I think they can do both at the same time, right? One won't exclude the other. It seems like it would be an additional benefit.


Unbelievable... PW sends out the CEO letter basically saying “we don’t care about EPP and EVERYTHING we spent the last years working for... we’re now solely focused on something that may not pan out” ... if you want to focus on cancer, wonderful. But use your letter primarily to talk up the near term earnings potential, etc due to FDA approval and mention cancer as just another exciting opportunity bring pursued.
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neumeied neumeied 5 years ago
Unbelievable... PW sends out the CEO letter basically saying “we don’t care about EPP and EVERYTHING we spent the last years working for... we’re now solely focused on something that may not pan out” ... if you want to focus on cancer, wonderful. But use your letter primarily to talk up the near term earnings potential, etc due to FDA approval and mention cancer as just another exciting opportunity bring pursued.
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neumeied neumeied 5 years ago
What’s your take on MT-7117? You see any connection between that and the recent swoon in CUV share price?
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
They’ve stated that it can take up to 12 months to be up and running. I doubt it will take that long since some insurance companies are already paying for patients to fly to Europe for treatment. And the price for 4-6 implants is actually quite low so they will probably not have no negotiate that much.
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neumeied neumeied 5 years ago
How long do you think it will take them to start getting approved for coverage on US payers and PBMs?
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
No, you do get quarterly reports. And lots of news will come out over the next 6 months IMO. Now they have the incentives lined up they will hopefully deliver.
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
Is it true that Australian companies like this one don't issue quarterly reports - just annual reports?

If so can we assume no big moves in this stock for another year?

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Jestiron Jestiron 5 years ago
Mind numbing stats!!
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
And some thoughts about Vitiligo:

Prevalence is app. 50 m. world wide.

Let’s assume that the price per implant drops significantly. Let’s use $2000 and 4 required implants in the combination therapy that’s $8000 per patient.

With app. 3.200.000 Vitiligo sufferers in the US let’s say that 5 % in total (mainly FP IV & V) would want to use Scenesse in combination with narrowband UVB.
Let’s assume half of that target population can actually pay for the treatment.

That’s 80,000 patients yearly and $640,000 m. in revenues.

After taxes and expenses we would have have app. $450 m. and using a 25 P/E (because at that
stage we’d still be a growth company with other indications being developed) that’s
$11,2 bn. market cap and $229 pps. Use a very conservative 10 P/E and and the pps is $92 based on
Vitiligo alone. My numbers may be off but they do point in a direction and they could also be way too low.
Uptake could be slower but at a higher price. And this is US only.

Now, Vitiligo is also a way to get the lotions to market. A lot of “cured” Vitiligo patients will probably
require the Singaporean lotion Chivere of Tsumoyle as a maintenance therapy. That’s added revenues but
also a way to get the lotions out there and eventually to a broader market.

PW once talked about how he is inspired by Malcolm Gladwell’s book “The Tipping Poin” and
I believe Vitiligo would take us very close to exactly that. Once the price is lowered, we are treating patients
in the thousands, label extensions are sought and hopefully granted, the EPP core business is expanded
substantially in both EU, USA and Japan, off label is happening and lotions are about to hit the market,
then we are a totally different company and talking a pps in the hundreds.

EPP alone is much more interesting than I expected some years ago.
With the news efficacy data I don’t see why we shouldn’t be able to reach
2000 patients in fairly short time once we have both EU and US up and running.
Down the road that could double. 2000 patients x $15,000 per implant x 4,5
implants per patient (average) x 0,7 x 25 P/E / 49 m. s/o = $49 pps.
That’s for 2000 patients.

Many variables can change but the direction is up.





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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
I posted this on ShareCafe and thought I’d share it here, too.


To reach 1500+ patients in the US, many will have to be diagnosed first.
There are app. 500 known EPP patients in the US today as far as I understand and I expect a swift uptake in most of
this population. Awareness will rise and more patients will probably be diagnosed over the coming years but I don’t think
we can expect 1000 patients right off the bat. However, I think 6 implants are likely in the US.

UK has app. 350 known EPP patients and if NICE surrenders I’m expecting around half of them to be
eligible for Scenesse during a managed access agreement unless the new PASS data gives us a better
QALY measure and full access. I think 3-4 implants will be maximum in rainy Britain.

My expectation is that we will reach 1000 patients treated in Europe soon.
NICE will have to accept the new efficacy data, and the Scandinavian countries
will follow. Denmark, Norway, Sweeden have app. EPP 100-150 eligible patients in total.
Germany will continue to grow and probably reach 500 patients treated soon.
Currently, only 4 patients are treated in Austria but the Ombudsman has requested
broader access so maybe we can get to 30-40 patients there, too. Switzerland and
Italy will also expand and The Netherlands are probably already maxed out. France is evaluating Scenesse for reimbursement as we speak. Spain could also
deliver 100+ patients. This is my short term base scenario for Europe. 1000+ patients at an average of
3 implants which results in US$45 m. revenues.

Add the 3-400 patients who I think we will be treating in the US within a year and we
have minimum 1300 patients of whom 300 will be getting up to 6 implants. Let’s assume the US patients will
be granted reimbursement for 5 implants in average and that’s US$ 22 m. per year short term.

So my most conservative estimate is US$ 67 m. in revenues short term which would result in
US$ 25 pps with a 25 multiple which I find reasonable.

After FDA approval Clinuvel is de-risked and the rest of the pipeline should also begin to
get some option value. Today, I don’t think Vitiligo, lotions, Enfance, XP or any
other aspect of Clinuvel than EPP in the EU or US is being given any value at all.

Australia and Japan as imminent targets for EPP should at least be given a risk weighed
value of something. Especially Japan is huge. When we are fully up and running in
Australia and Japan my EPP numbers double !

And if we move into one or two phase 3 trials for Vitiligo, the market will have to
begin seeing some value here, too. Vitiligo could be an enormous for the company and
even with 20 % risk weighted value being ascribed to Vitiligo today that ought to
add US$ 200 m. to our market cap. Imagine if we were a pre approval company with ONLY
Vitiligo but good results in Phase 2 and now moving into Phase 3. Such a company
could easily be trading at a market cap of 200 m. We have FDA approval for the drug
now so Vitiligo expectations has to begin adding some value, soon. And then there is the
rest of the pipeline.

My best estimate of fair value today is US$ 35 pps. which corresponds with
Sphene and Moelis’ 12 month targets of AU$ 50-58.

If all stars align and we get a move on, I think US$ 100 pps. is
possible within 2-3 years. When I dream, I see the company being acquired
at that stage at a 100 % premium which would give me an easy exit at US$ 200.
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
The price at yesterday’s close was A$45 or $30US. It never hit that here today.

Is this just low volume in the US and profit taking? Or will it be lower in Australia this evening? I guess time will tell.

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Cassius Longinus Cassius Longinus 5 years ago
Excellent, congrats everyone!
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Jestiron Jestiron 5 years ago
Showing $27.05 PPS in my TDA account already??
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
Wow. Just wow
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
Congrats all. What a journey this has been.
Now we can move on to another decade of strong growth. This is the Apple of life science and we are all very lucky to be here.
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Jestiron Jestiron 5 years ago
YES! Congratulations All!!
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
FDA Approved!

Trading halt was until Friday or the announcement... not sure when trading will resume. I don't see anything on their web site yet.

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FDA approves first treatment to increase pain-free light exposure in patients with a rare disorder
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) logo (PRNewsfoto/FDA)
NEWS PROVIDED BY

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Oct 08, 2019, 13:00 ET

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Scenesse (afamelanotide) to increase pain-free light exposure in adult patients with a history of phototoxic reactions (damage to skin) from erythropoietic protoporphyria.

"For patients who are suffering from erythropoietic protoporphyria, a rare disorder, exposure to light may be extremely painful. Prior to today's approval, there were no FDA-approved treatments to help erythropoietic protoporphyria patients increase their light exposure," said Julie Beitz, M.D., director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Office of Drug Evaluation III. "Today's approval is one example of the FDA's ongoing commitment to encourage industry innovation of therapies to treat rare diseases, and work with drug developers to make promising new therapies available to patients as safely and efficiently as possible."

Erythropoietic protoporphyria is a rare disorder caused by mutations leading to impaired activity of ferrochelatase, an enzyme involved in heme production. Heme is an important component in hemoglobin, the oxygen carrying molecule in red blood cells. The decrease in ferrochelatase activity leads to an accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) in the body. Light reaching the skin can react with PPIX causing intense skin pain and skin changes, such as redness and thickening. Scenesse (afamelanotide), a melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1-R) agonist, increases the production of eumelanin in the skin independent of exposure to sunlight or artificial light sources. It is an implant that is administered subcutaneously (inserted under the skin).

The efficacy of Scenesse was established in two parallel group clinical trials in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria who received Scenesse or a placebo form of the implant subcutaneously every two months. The first clinical trial enrolled 93 subjects, of whom 48 received Scenesse, and were followed for 180 days. The primary endpoint was the total number of hours over 180 days spent in direct sunlight between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on days with no pain. The median total number of hours over 180 days spent in direct sunlight between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on days with no pain was 64 hours for patients receiving Scenesse and 41 hours for patients taking placebo.

The second clinical trial enrolled 74 patients, of whom 38 received Scenesse, and were followed for 270 days. The primary endpoint was the total number of hours over 270 days spent outdoors between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on days with no pain for which "most of the day" was spent in direct sunlight. The analysis did not include sun exposure on days patients reported spending time in a combination of both direct sunlight and shade. The median total number of hours over 270 days spent outdoors between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on days with no pain for which "most of the day" was spent in direct sunlight was six hours for patients receiving Scenesse and 0.75 hours for patients receiving placebo.

Scenesse's most common side effects are implant site reaction, nausea, oropharyngeal (part of the throat just behind the mouth, where the oral cavity starts) pain, cough, fatigue, skin hyperpigmentation, dizziness, melanocytic nevus (moles), respiratory tract infection, somnolence (feeling drowsy), non-acute porphyria (build-up of normally occurring molecules created during heme production) and skin irritation. Scenesse should be administered by a health care professional who is proficient in the subcutaneous implantation procedure and has completed the applicant-provided training. Scenesse may induce skin darkening, and a full body skin examination is recommended for patients twice a year. In addition, patients are encouraged to maintain sun protection measures during treatment with Scenesse to prevent phototoxic reactions related to erythropoietic protoporphyria.

The FDA granted this application Priority Review designation. Scenesse also received Orphan Drug designation, which provides incentives to assist and encourage the development of drugs for rare diseases. The approval of Scenesse was granted to Clinuvel.
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
Trading Halt until Friday. I suppose this means really good news - or really bad news. Hoping it's GOOD!

My schwab account shows CLVLY appears to be halted but CLVLF seems to still be trading.

From https://www.clinuvel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CLINUVEL-PHARMACEUTICALS-TRADING-HALT.pdf

Market Announcement
8 October 2019

8 October 2019 Market Announcement 1/1 ASX Limited ASX Customer Service Centre 131 279 | asx.com.au

Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: CUV) – Trading Halt
Description
The securities of Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited (‘CUV’) will be placed in trading halt at the request of CUV, pending it releasing an announcement. Unless ASX decides otherwise, the securities will remain in trading halt until the earlier of the commencement of normal trading on Friday, 11 October 2019 or when the announcement is released to the market.
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
Big day. GLTA. Especially all the EPP sufferers who have waited their whole lives for this.
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Jestiron Jestiron 5 years ago
I will certainly be keeping my eyes on it! Of course, nothing new there. LOL
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
We have the potential for an epic short squeeze come Tuesday. Will be interesting to see how the stock behaves.
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
From a recently published PhD thesis:

Clinuvel
In some ways, Clinuvel succeeded against the odds. Its initial focus was on a drug to promote artificial tanning. It was thwarted in that plan, but was able to pivot and refocus the drug on a niche drug therapeutic indication, called EPP. By 2014, this provided a pathway to an approval in Europe, yielding some early revenues through limited distribution to a handful of European treatment centres. Even with limited sales, because the drug sells for between €56,000-84,600 per treatment course, it was able to generate $46 million in sales in 2018 and is projected to generate $133 million in 2019, based on a recent analyst report11. This continued sales growth, combined with the possibility of FDA approval in the US during 2019, puts Clinuvel in a strong position for future success.
Clinuvel’s drug, afamelanotide (Scenesse), is one of the few Australian-developed drugs ever to succeed in a Phase 3 trial, gain regulatory approval and generate sales. That alone is a mark of success. However, it is now also succeeding from an investor returns perspective. In September 2015, Clinuvel was trading under $3.00 per share. Three years later in September 2018, Clinuvel became the first Australian DDB to traverse $20 per share, breaking the $1 billion MV barrier. In a 2018 analyst report, it was predicted to reach a price of $31.70 per share in 2019, which would imply a valuation of $1.5 billion11. By April 2019, its market value was already approaching $1.2 billion and likely by the end of 2019, Clinuvel likely will be heralded as an unequivocal DDB success story.
Perhaps one of the reasons for Clinuvel’s success has been its leadership and culture. Dr Wolgen started as CEO in 2006 and implemented the strategic pivot that saw the company successfully pursue a niche therapeutic indication over the subsequent 10 years. In a 2009 ‘Open Briefing’ interview (Clinuvel ASX release, April 16, 2009), Dr Wolgen stated: “The key competency of my team is its resilience in professional adversities when encountered.” Finding ways to navigate
setbacks has certainly been a feature of Clinuvel over the years. In a recent article, Dr Wolgen reportedly described Clinuvel’s pathway to success as “tortuous”12:
“Rather than traversing along the fastest imaginable and plotted route to success, we have frequently been impelled to take tortuous avenues to achieve our objectives,” he told shareholders recently...Unlike the majority of ASX-listed drug plays, at least Clinuvel (ASX: CUV) has navigated these tortuous routes. It actually has a drug on market — to treat a rare skin intolerance to sunlight — which makes the company a rarity in itself.
The article went on to give Dr Wolgen much of the credit for the success of the firm. As an exercise, I calculated the IRR since 2006, when Dr Wolgen started; it was 10.6%. If Clinuvel achieves the projected $1.5 billion MV in 2019, that figure grows to 16%, which starts to approach a meritorious performance for a biotech firm.
In its 2015 annual report, Clinuvel declared the firm was making the transition to a ‘commercial’ firm. However, Clinuvel is still a DDB and far from being a commercial-stage DDC. Based on the 2016-2018 annual reports, it was evident that the focus was still on R&D, with commercialisation limited to generating a low volume of direct sales to 44 EPP ‘expert centres’ in Europe. Indeed, in its 2018 profit and loss statement, ‘business marketing & listing’, which was the only expense category that approximated commercialisation expenses, accounted for only 8% of the firm’s expenses, with the bulk of expenses associated with R&D and personnel.
Successful DDBs in the US have gone down the same path – using a niche market opportunity to generate early revenues to establish commercial proof-of-concept and make the product attractive to global commercial partners. While the EPP approval is a great regulatory breakthrough for Clinuvel and generates modest but useful sales, EPP is only one small indication for the drug. Its successful adoption by doctors for EPP will signal reduced risk as the company pursues much larger therapeutic opportunities in the future, such as vitiligo – the skin-whitening disease that affects up to 2% of the world’s population and is a significant unmet medical need in the US, especially among African Americans.
What Clinuvel is currently doing with EPP is effectively a pilot-commercialisation program that is logistically manageable for a small firm with limited real pharmaceutical commercialisation capability. Going forward, that capability may be tested, especially once FDA approval is obtained. Nevertheless, in the short-term, it has allowed the company to deliver to the sceptical Australian market a ‘commercial’ success story, even to the extent of posting a profit in 2018 and extracting a dividend to underscore the narrative. In terms of growing future shareholder value, it could be argued
that that dividend may have been better invested in more R&D to expand the future indications of the drug.
Over the next few years, as the indications grow for Scenesse, along with its potential launch in the US and the massive logistical challenge that represents, Clinuvel is going to need to rapidly expand its commercial capabilities. As noted in the 2018 analyst report: “Turning Clinuvel from a research driven company into a commercial global entity entails certain organizational risks, which could endanger the profitability of the company and therefore our price target”11.
The 2018 analyst report projected a dramatic growth in commercial costs from 2019, assuming a US approval. While it is feasible for a small Australian firm with no commercial experience or infrastructure to manage a handful of customers in Europe and without the help of a pharmaceutical partner or distributor, marketing in the US is a much more challenging proposition. Add to this, the potential expansion of the use of the drug beyond the extremely narrow condition of EPP to broader indications, and the challenge is amplified. As previously noted, infrastructure, management skills and culture are substantial barriers for a DDB seeking to migrate to a DDC. Life is much more complex at the commercial interface of the pharmaceutical industry and a large, multinational and highly-functional regulatory, logistical and marketing infrastructure is needed. Clinuvel may be able to make the transition to a DDC in the future, but to attempt it could represent a strategic ‘commercial focus’ error and might even threaten the survival of the firm. If it succeeds, it will take many years and Clinuvel would become a rare DDC transition success outside the US. More likely, Clinuvel will realise the capabilities challenge in front of it and seek a global licensing partner to manage international commercialisation. It may even choose to be acquired by that partner, monetising a multi-billion valuation for its shareholders.
Fortunately, Clinuvel has found a way to avoid the Red Queen, despite its aging patent portfolio. The original patent on afamelanotide expires in the early 2020s, which is theoretically an insufficient ‘runway’ to attract a pharmaceutical partner. Moreover, because the drug is a small-molecule, it does not have the Red Queen immunity enjoyed by biologic drugs (see section 10.1.6). So far, Clinuvel has circumvented this problem by selling the product itself for EPP in Europe, rather than relying on a pharmaceutical partner. It has also filed a number of follow-on patents covering specific uses of the drug and its specific drug delivery system. The other commercial protection it has is that afamelanotide is not a simple pill that can be easily copied, but a drug delivery device that is implanted under the skin and slowly releases drug over time.
On top of that, EPP is also commercially-protected by its ‘orphan drug’ status in Europe and the US. This is another measure to avoid the patent Red Queen. In order to stimulate pharmaceutical industry development of drugs for rare (orphan) diseases, the US FDA and the equivalent authority in Europe (EMA) introduced orphan drug legislation, which gives post-approval commercial protection for a
drug’s use in a specific ‘rare disease. In the US, the orphan drug exclusivity is for seven years after approval, while in Europe, it is 10 years. This confers a relatively weak form of Red Queen immunity, because it is limited to the first approved indication of the drug.
Again, Clinuvel’s other patents and its delivery system may provide adequate protection for the other indications, but once a drug is approved in the US and starts to generate substantial sales, patents are typically challenged by competitors and such challenges are encouraged and rewarded by the FDA. While competitors will probably avoid EPP, because it is a very limited indication and is protected by orphan drug exclusivity, they will almost certainly challenge the use patent for vitiligo and if that patent falls, Clinuvel’s long-term value proposition may fall.
Regardless of these challenges, the Clinuvel experience doubtless could provide some valuable lessons for other DDB firms. That would require a detailed case study analysis, which is beyond the scope of the current research. However, it would be a worthwhile future research project.
Unfortunately, the Clinuvel story cannot be held up as an example of successful Australian science, as afamelanotide was not the product of Australian research. It was licensed from the University of Arizona (Hadley and Dorr, 2006).
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
Yes, sorry - forgot the .au

It a great forum. I also recommend Google Groups:

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?fromgroups#!forum/clinuvel
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
For those in the US not familiar with Australian web sites - I think the web site you mention below is www.sharecafe.com.au

Wow - lively and very active discussions there about Clinuvel.

If you seek information about Clinuvel and Scenesse, I suggest that you go to Sharecafe .com - or few free to ask questions here
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
Welcome to the last week before PDUFA on Oct. 6th. Also welcome to new investors.

This forum has been quiet throughout the years, but perhaps it will be more lively with US approval.

If you seek information about Clinuvel and Scenesse, I suggest that you go to Sharecafe .com - or few free to ask questions here.

We are a lot of longs who have been invested for more than a decade and, personally, I intend to stay invested for years to come.

FDA approval only marks the beginning.

EPP in itself is very profitable. Lots of other indications are lined up and could be commercialized quickly. There is a cosmetic line about to be revealed.

Good luck to all. Old timers and new investors alike.

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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
could be looking at $ 240 million in revenues

Are you saying that just 4000 patients might generate $240 million in revenues? That would be $60,000 per year per patient or $5000 per month. I know Americans spend a lot on medical care, but I think that would be considered price gouging unless they can prove it really costs a few thousand dollars to produce a month's supply.

Here during this election cycle both parties are scrutinizing expensive medicines and looking at ways to fix it. If that's the only basis for the price rise, it makes me nervous.


Now, EPP might be financially interesting but in the medium to long run not that much.

I may be wrong, but here in the US I see EPP as the big profit maker. Once it is approved, doctors will be able to prescribe it for off-label (cosmetic) use. Tanning is a $5 Billion market in the US, plus another $2 Billion for the sunblock lotion market. Clinuvel could take a chunk out of those markets.
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
If you only look at the first indication, EPP, and estimate 4000 patients across Europe, USA, Australia and Japan (conservative total estimate) then we could be looking at $ 240 million in revenues and ~$50-60 pps at a 20 ratio.

Now, EPP might be financially interesting but in the medium to long run not that much.

Once the FDA has approved Scenesse, we will hopefully hear about Vitiligo ph3, cosmetics, Variegate Porphyria, Xeroderma Pigmentosum, a-Msh lotions and all the other things that we know for sure they have been working on for many years.
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
If everything goes as expected, what might this mean to the company's bottom line? It seems everything is so hard to predict on top of all the legal and administrative uncertainty.


I’ve never been more sure about this stock than now. Nothing has changed fundamentally and we’re still on track for FDA approval in less than a month.

The first indication is only a foot in the door but still very valuable. In a few years we will probably be NASDAQ listes and have several other indications online as well as the cosmetic line and a pediatric lotion for EPP. We are only approaching the starting line.
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FarmaZutical FarmaZutical 5 years ago
Probably a bit overvalued after the ASX200 run, then heavy shorting, FDA delayed 3 months and some nervous retailers perhaps.

I’ve never been more sure about this stock than now. Nothing has changed fundamentally and we’re still on track for FDA approval in less than a month.

The first indication is only a foot in the door but still very valuable. In a few years we will probably be NASDAQ listes and have several other indications online as well as the cosmetic line and a pediatric lotion for EPP. We are only approaching the starting line.
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contrarian bull contrarian bull 5 years ago
As predicted this did hit a new high. But since June it's been on a pretty steady decline. Any ideas as to why?? Here in the US it seems to be hard to find current news about this stock.



Time for new ATH again. I wonder if Nasdaq listing is still on the table before August or if it’s postponed due to the FDA delay.
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