Androgenetic Alopecia Treatment
Kintor Pharmaceuticals has announced that its proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) drug GT20029 has reached its primary endpoint in its Phase 2 trial in China. GT20029 is a topical PROTAC targeted toward AGA. What are PROTACs? PROTACs are a novel class of heterobifunctional molecules that can induce the degradation of target proteins by hijacking the cell’s…
Read MorePositive news to start the new year with Hope Medicine’s HMI-115 Phase 1b results announced on January 14th, 2024. Successful Results for Male Participants Hope Medicine has released positive data from their Phase 1b trial conducted in Australia titled, “An Open-Label Study, to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy in Male and Female with Androgenetic Alopecia…
Read MoreAn overview of treatments for pattern baldness and alopecia which will be in the clinical trial stage during 2023. Androgenetic Alopecia Trials Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical – We begin the list with a newcomer, previously unannounced. CKD-843 is a new injectable drug being trialed in “alopecia” by the Chong Kun Dang (CKD) Pharmaceutical company of Seoul,…
Read MoreMinoxidil Boosting Product Update (10/22/20) As we get into the last few months of 2020, I have an update to share regarding the release of the anticipated minoxidil response-enhancing product from Applied Biology. This update comes from Dr. Andy Goren, founder of Applied Biology. As a quick recap, Applied Biology is developing a product containing a…
Read MoreI’ve got a good feeling about 2017… For the past several years we have been pacified by the news of a research study or startup company working on a treatment that grows hair. Ultimately, we would prefer the treatment in our hands, but reading about it on a computer screen has been supportive as well.…
Read MoreThe times they are a-changing. Nowadays you can’t even take a trip to the fridge to grab more hummus dip without some hair growth startup rolling out their new website and business plan. Jokes aside, Follica has been the ultimate tight-lipped company in the hair regeneration biz for about 8 years now. To be honest,…
Read MoreHello everyone, and welcome to another edition of Weekly Thoughts. Things have been really busy in the hair world as of late, new companies are popping up all the time and companies that we have known about are finally making the announcements we want to hear. Lo and behold it’s almost been two months since…
Read MoreI’m very happy to be bringing you all an incredible exclusive on Follicle Thought. This week, David Weinstein, MD, PhD of RiverTown Therapeutics Inc. reached out to me to share some amazing photo results of his new compound RT1640. Below you will find photographs of a 60+ year old woman and a 42 year old…
Read MoreFollicle Thought recently had the opportunity to interview Howard Leonhardt of Leonhardt Ventures about his interesting new invention aimed at hair regeneration, HairCell. The Chief Medical Officer of Leonhardt Ventures, Dr. Leslie Miller, also provided some input for certain questions in the interview. Dr. Miller is also Director of the USF Heart Institute and has…
Read MoreHello Everyone, Welcome to another edition of Weekly Thoughts. This week’s news consists of an update on Christiano’s cellular hair growth startup Rapunzel, some interesting tidbits on Histogen, and updates being made to the Ultimate Guide to Hair Regeneration 2016. Bonus news alert: I will also have an exclusive interview with one of the newer…
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