Are we at another 5 year standstill ?

[The Alchemist]

Cotsarelis is not going to give away any company information in a informal discussion like he had with Desmond. It would be counter productive to their business strategy considering where they are in terms of progress towards a commercial release. I would wager that a mis-direction would be more probable than anything else. Dr Cots is under no mis-perceptions about how much a truly effective MPB treatment would be worth. Why would he jeopardize anything at this stage with a careless information leak to some random person at a hair conference? 100's of millions, possibly a billion or more dollars are at stake. So, i wouldn't read too much into Desmond's report on Cots.

I think their website looks more consumer friendly than the last version, yet contains nearly the same information. The question is, why, at this point, would they suddenly redesign their website? 7 years with the same one and now, all of a sudden, it needs a rework? It may not mean squat in regards to them releasing a treatment soon. But, it is a clear attempt to reach out to the consumer or at the very least a preparation to do so in the near future. So, something is going on with them. We just don't know what....as usual.

[35YrsAfter]

Hmm this looks like a good sign

But Desmond's interview with Cotsarelis didn't sound too good and it didn't look like anything good will come from Follica's research anytime soon, so I don't know what to think

Redone website makes me hyped, however there is not much information on that site at all. Only very basic stuff, and to be honest it looks like some snake oil website . It doesn't truly look like anything is going to come out from Follica anytime soon

Our patient today has a PhD in Medical Science, specifically Clinical and Translational Research. He had the same expectation I did related to hair growth research. Basically, we believed the lack of progress (MPB cure/treatment) was related to lack of funding, because the study of hair growth is a low priority compared with cancer and heart disease research. Wrong. He told me he recently had a look at dollar amounts received by a wide range of research projects. He told me he was surprised at the vast amounts of money that has gone into the study of hair growth. He did mention that hair growth studies may not necessarily be related to finding a cure for MPB, but hair growth research, nonetheless.

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[TravisB]

Follica has redone their website. No idea what that means in terms of them releasing a treatment, but, it would seem they are not dead...yet.

Hmm this looks like a good sign

But Desmond's interview with Cotsarelis didn't sound too good and it didn't look like anything good will come from Follica's research anytime soon, so I don't know what to think

Redone website makes me hyped, however there is not much information on that site at all. Only very basic stuff, and to be honest it looks like some snake oil website . It doesn't truly look like anything is going to come out from Follica anytime soon

[Arashi]

I hope they dont get stuck in phase 2

Yeah Phase II is usually the phase where trials strand: http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v3...bt.2786-F1.jpg

[yeahyeahyeah]

Puretech Ventures shows their progress to be in Phase II, so they're halfway:

http://www.puretechventures.com/pipeline.php

I hope they dont get stuck in phase 2

[yeahyeahyeah]

Yeah, total opposite of Aderans.... their site just shut down, lol.

Yeah, that is a bad sign , it means the project is being cancelled.

[hellouser]

Good sign to be honest.

It means that they are working on marketing.

Yeah, total opposite of Aderans.... their site just shut down, lol.

[hellouser]

Follica has redone their website. No idea what that means in terms of them releasing a treatment, but, it would seem they are not dead...yet.

Puretech Ventures shows their progress to be in Phase II, so they're halfway:

http://www.puretechventures.com/pipeline.php

[yeahyeahyeah]

Follica has redone their website. No idea what that means in terms of them releasing a treatment, but, it would seem they are not dead...yet.

Good sign to be honest.

It means that they are working on marketing.

[sdsurfin]

I don't know how one person can repeat themselves so often. You're almost up there with hellouser and his rants.

my bad.

[The Alchemist]

Follica has redone their website. No idea what that means in terms of them releasing a treatment, but, it would seem they are not dead...yet.

[ShookOnes]

How is it partially HT doctors fault..? They spend a decade in schooling for their careers which don't involve researching for a breakthrough cure. they are simply cosmetic surgeons

[clarence]

Or maybe this quote is an acclamation about effectivity of propecia? Ie. "It's really that good!" I can certainly not think another reason why a mature person would say so.

[clarence]

I saw dr. bernstein in NYC and he tried to explain to me that if he had the choice, propecia wouldn'e exist, because it takes business away from him.

Maybe Dr. Bernstein needs to have a talk... with a professional... about his own dealing with hair loss. That is, if this provocation is true.

[JZA70]

but the way things are looking I think a couple decades is probably the most likely timeframe at the earliest. lots of things to figure out still.

I don't know how one person can repeat themselves so often. You're almost up there with hellouser and his rants.