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Oral minoxidil is becoming an increasingly popular treatment option for hair loss patients. This article will discuss a few background points regarding this phenomenon. Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil For Hair Growth Over the past 3-4 years, the prescription and use of oral minoxidil for hair loss has increased. This trend was likely driven by several peer-reviewed…
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The pool of biotechs which have expanded their sights into the hair regrowth field continues to grow in 2023. Inssen Multi-Targeted Affipep Technology Inssen is a Korean-based biotech company with Swedish roots, a bit of a rare combination. Its platform technology called “Affipep” combines novel affibody molecules with functional peptides to create selective therapeutics which…
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The UCLA spinout with a focus on hair follicle stem cells has fully emerged into the public eye. Pelage Pharma PP405 More than six years in the making, Pelage Pharmaceuticals has an official website and an exciting drug candidate on its hands – PP405. Back in 2017, Drs. Bill Lowry and Heather Christofk of the…
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An 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,…
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A new type of open-source corporation has emerged with an intriguing goal in mind: to leverage the scientific community and hair loss experiencers worldwide to fund and create new treatments for hair loss. New HairDAO Study With Dr. Ralf Paus A recent press release from HairDAO announced their first funded project, which turned out to…
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A new interesting startup aimed at hair growth has emerged, once again, from Korea – KeraMedix. New Study Published By Nature Portfolio On November 19, 2022, the Communications Biology journal of Nature Portfolio published the study “Keratin-mediated hair growth and its underlying biological mechanism” by researchers from Kyung Hee and Konkuk Universities in South Korea. Unbeknownst to…
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Korean company JW Pharmaceutical announces that it will participate in the upcoming Wnt 2022 Conference to unveil hair growth related data. JW0061 Pipeline Drug For Hair Loss Since 2017, it’s been known that the Wnt pathway specialists at JW Pharmaceutical had their sights set on hair regeneration. It was announced in the media that the company…
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A new Korean biotech company seeks to leverage the multi-faceted therapeutic benefit of FK506 to create a newer and safer hair growth drug. As we are gratified to see completely new approaches emerge in the hair growth space, we should also value the strategy of creating new and improved iterations of older hair growth drugs…
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Epibiotech continues to announce important milestones and progress leading up to a Phase 1 clinical trial for its cell therapy in AGA. Innovative Drug Discovery For Hair-Loss Therapy Symposium Earlier this year in June, Epibiotech co-hosted a hair loss research conference in South Korea with Yonsei University’s Pharmaceutical Research Institute. The meeting, titled “Innovative Drug…
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The long awaited phase II results from Kintor’s KX-826 (pyrilutamide) study in males with androgenetic alopecia have surfaced online. KX-826 Phase 2 Results Presentation Several months ago in May, the 28th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Dermatology was postponed from June to the beginning of September 2022. This was the acclaimed conference where…
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