What is there to look forward too?

[2young2bald]

Title pretty much explains it all. What are the things to look forward to right now? It seems like there isn't much going on atm. The only things that I hear about are:

- Pilofocus
- HSC
- Replicel

If someone could explain to me and the people who are interested, what is the current situation?

[FearTheLoss]

Pilofocus- starting another 6 month phase of testing to workout possible donor regeneration. We will hopefully see this available within the next 12-16 months.

Replicel- starting phase II trials at the end of the year, the results will come out early 2016 and the procedure, if successful, will be available a year to a year and a half after that.

Histogen- lack funding, more than likely will never come to fruition.

CB- in phase II proof of concept trial, hopefully have this by 2017-2018.

Topical fin with low systemic technology- up to us to get this done, we could have it as soon as we wanted.

Latisse- in another phase 2 trial to increase efficiency. If it increases, we would see this product in 2016-2017.

PRP- more doctors are having success with PRP, all doctors have different formulas, it's about finding the right one.

Follica- who knows.


Each year we see more promising research come out that is progressing toward a final cure. We are getting closer and closer, but we aren't there yet.



FTL

[hellouser]

Pilofocus- starting another 6 month phase of testing to workout possible donor regeneration. We will hopefully see this available within the next 12-16 months.

That is a giant failure for meeting the projected timelines. Pilofocus should have been available a long time ago.

[BoSox]

Will Pilofocus be for early set of hair loss, or will it help those with advance hair loss?

[rdawg]

Near future? Replicel is nearing its trial end. BIM is done with Phase IIb in about 3 months(Jan).

I believe Histogen is still attempting to get funding.

Other than that its a lot of early theories, theres a lot to be positive about for sure, but more-so in the long term line.

Personally im considering a FUE transplant. I've done a bit of the travelling thing and such and I thought what would make me really happy that I could do next, and it was getting back my hair, so I think i'll saving up some money for that!

[inbrugge]

Can some one give me a quick summary of Pilofocus and Replicell?

[2young2bald]

Pilofocus- starting another 6 month phase of testing to workout possible donor regeneration. We will hopefully see this available within the next 12-16 months.

Replicel- starting phase II trials at the end of the year, the results will come out early 2016 and the procedure, if successful, will be available a year to a year and a half after that.

Histogen- lack funding, more than likely will never come to fruition.

CB- in phase II proof of concept trial, hopefully have this by 2017-2018.

Topical fin with low systemic technology- up to us to get this done, we could have it as soon as we wanted.

Latisse- in another phase 2 trial to increase efficiency. If it increases, we would see this product in 2016-2017.

PRP- more doctors are having success with PRP, all doctors have different formulas, it's about finding the right one.

Follica- who knows.


Each year we see more promising research come out that is progressing toward a final cure. We are getting closer and closer, but we aren't there yet.



FTL

Thank you FTL, it was very helpful. But sadly not what I had hoped for .

[FearTheLoss]

Thank you FTL, it was very helpful. But sadly not what I had hoped for .

There's always the chance that something could pop up out of nowhere as well, for all we know, it could be cured tomorrow.

Furthermore, there are a lot of people working on this that we don't know about, and a lot of advancements that we don't know about. We seem to get news almost a year after things happen.

[2young2bald]

There's always the chance that something could pop up out of nowhere as well, for all we know, it could be cured tomorrow.

Furthermore, there are a lot of people working on this that we don't know about, and a lot of advancements that we don't know about. We seem to get news almost a year after things happen.

That would be nice. But yeah I think it is true that there are indeed people working on a cure in secrecy and not telling anyone what they found.

[burtandernie]

There are things that pop up all the time that no one knew about it or talked about. There are some popular flavors of the month replicel, histagen, and lots of other things fade back into obscurity even though sometimes they keep progressing. Its all just guessing no one knows where anything is really going because most commercial stuff happens in secret so other companies cant steal info

[burtandernie]

With CB they say an IND is planned in H1 2014 but arent we already past that date? Are they just behind or they never updated the web page?

An IND was granted in the US for CB-03-01 for acne in Q1 2012. Phase II dose escalating clinical trials were initiated in the US in H2 2012 and are scheduled to be completed in H1 2014. An IND is planned to be filed for alopecia in H1 2014.

[inbrugge]

There's a trial of a sodium chloride or something similar going on in HLH. A chinese guy has sent out samples to over 40 people and says he already has good results from people in China. In a couple of months, that should clear up whether it's any good or not.

Other than that, there is a possibility of findig alternative delivery systems for current topicals such as Fin, Dut, CB, Ru, through new vehicles or devices such as iontophoresis. This will eliminate systematic side effects of those drugs and increase their efficiency. This is, for me, what I have my hopes on.

[burtandernie]

Yeah anything that can be done topically and happen anytime soon before CB would be a good thing. I mean if dut could work topically with minimal systemic absorption that would nearly stop MPB alone so there are options for the chemicals but someone has to get the vehicle and its hard without any proof or androgen level testing to show it doesnt go systemic. I dont really believe joe coming in here and telling me he cant get it up or his nipples hurt I just dont believe stories as facts

[hairlosskills]

A topical dut would be amazing right now

[beetee]

Pilofocus- starting another 6 month phase of testing to workout possible donor regeneration. We will hopefully see this available within the next 12-16 months.

Replicel- starting phase II trials at the end of the year, the results will come out early 2016 and the procedure, if successful, will be available a year to a year and a half after that.

Histogen- lack funding, more than likely will never come to fruition.

CB- in phase II proof of concept trial, hopefully have this by 2017-2018.

Topical fin with low systemic technology- up to us to get this done, we could have it as soon as we wanted.

Latisse- in another phase 2 trial to increase efficiency. If it increases, we would see this product in 2016-2017.

PRP- more doctors are having success with PRP, all doctors have different formulas, it's about finding the right one.

Follica- who knows.


Each year we see more promising research come out that is progressing toward a final cure. We are getting closer and closer, but we aren't there yet.



FTL

Great summary. I have posted on this before in its own thread, but would just like to add that anyone interested in the potential for Latisse/Bimatoprost for hair should be concerned about and following Allergan's attempts to fend off Valeant/William Ackman's hostile bid to take control of the company. I will not reargue why it would be a negative development for the future of this potential treatment if Allergan is taken over (see my earlier thread for evidence, arguments, and citations), but for all those concerned or interested, there is a shareholder vote on Dec. 18th that will most likely provide the ultimate conclusion to the battle (it could be more or less decided earlier if Allergan makes a defensive acquisition of another company, engages in a stock buyback, or if the Treasury Department passes significant regulations limiting the profitability of tax inversions).