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Tanning Drug Approved for Trials

Long available online, injection gets nod from regulators

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 30, 2009 1:15 PM CST

(Newser) – A self-tanning drug long available in various incarnations over the Internet has been approved for human trials in the US, Wired reports. “It's a bioabsorbable implant that you just inject into the skin,” says a pharma rep of afamelanotide. “It stimulates melanin...   Read full story »

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