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Synthetic melanocortin analogs used in research Melanotan II (MT-II) , PT-141 (bremelanotide) , afamelanotide (Scenesse) target this system with distinct selectivity profiles and constitute one of the most mature clusters of modern peptide pharmacology
The recurring findings were that the substances are not well characterised, that human evidence of effectiveness is thin or absent for the proposed routes of administration, and that immunogenicity risk has not been assessed