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    Has anyone noticed that Replicel's product pipeline webpage asserts that their hair product is on trajectory for a 2015 release? Is that realistic?

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    Quote Originally Posted by stayhopeful View Post
    Has anyone noticed that Replicel's product pipeline webpage asserts that their hair product is on trajectory for a 2015 release? Is that realistic?
    For a release in some parts of Asia it's supposedly possible. As recently as 5 months ago I noticed they gave this exact timeline on their official youtube page in reply to some comments:

    "The timeline to a commercial product depends on the execution of these trials and regulatory approvals. Nevertheless, if the technology proves safe and effective, RepliCel anticipates that a commercial product may be available in 2015 in non-Western jurisdictions." - This was posted 5 months ago.

    In another comment, they also said this:

    "RepliCel anticipates initiation of its Phase II study in the second half of 2013 which will be followed by a Phase III trial. The timeline to a commercial product depends on the execution of these trials and regulatory approvals" - This was posted 5 months ago.

    However, that phase 2 trial has since been delayed to begin early 2014 according to their website:

    "RepliCel is planning to file a clinical trial application (CTA) with the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, the German competent authority for human clinical trials in Germany, in the first half of 2014. The company is pleased to announce plans to work with one of the largest hospitals in Europe for this trial; the Charité-Universitätsmedizin in Berlin. RepliCel anticipates initiation of this trial early 2014."

    And according to the same page, this trial will last 3 years:

    "RepliCel’s Phase II trial for RCH-01 is designed to be a dose-finding study which will assess the optimal number of cells and the appropriate treatment regimen necessary to promote hair growth. Subject to regulatory approval, the company is planning to initiate a three year clinical trial that will include multiple subject cohorts studying different doses of RCH-01. Each subject will receive injections of several different doses of RCH-01 and placebo, while some cohorts will receive repeat injections at a future time point."

    So, in truth, it seems like it will be later than 2015. To be honest, their results were nothing special so far (so lets hope they improve them by upping the dosage and regularity of treaments), Histogen's HSC seems more effective and more likely to be released around 2015/2016 in Asia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stayhopeful View Post
    Has anyone noticed that Replicel's product pipeline webpage asserts that their hair product is on trajectory for a 2015 release? Is that realistic?
    Nope.

    That graphic is wrong.

    Read this:

    http://www.replicel.com/hair-regener...osed-phase-ii/

    'Phase II: Proposed Clinical Trial'
    'the company is planning to initiate a three year clinical trial'
    'RepliCel anticipates initiation of this trial early 2014'

    all 3 quotes from that page.

    So Phase 2 might finish in 2017.
    After that they would need to fund and start Phase 3.

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    how can it possibly be out in 2015 if they are start "3 year trials" starting next year?

    http://www.replicel.com/hair-regener...osed-phase-ii/

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    Honestly I want to get on board with replicel but what is with all this imprecision? It's hard to take a company seriously--particularly a science based company--when their claims never hold any water.

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    considering Rep have said their intention is to sell the technology then that could take a long time too. Don't expect this on the market before 2020

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    Quote Originally Posted by crafter View Post
    considering Rep have said their intention is to sell the technology then that could take a long time too. Don't expect this on the market before 2020
    yeah or 2019 at the earliest, if they go straight through phase 3 in a year and get to market straight away.

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    well, considering they are gonna sell it actually means it will be out there quicker.

    I don't know much about the company, but consider the following. They do not have a vast distribution network or production to cope. With bidders/licenses more people can get this cheaply and quickly due to market competition.

    Basically, I do think less money spent on production and establishing distribution means more money spent towards research. And less time spent on establishing how to profit directly to the consumer means its on the market a lot sooner. Remember, they only have to sell it to the tens of thousand of pharmaceuticals manufacturers out there. Not really worrying about the 10s of millions of people they need to bring in the bacon, it lightens the load.

    Microsoft windows, sure they sell to the consumer with OS discs, but they make all their money from dell,hp,sony, ect licensing their OS. That's why Apple was so weak during the mid 90s, they wanted to sell and make everything from hardware to software. which lessened their penetration and their prices reflected that. Even now Apple is still suffering from failures of the past, Samsung vs apple. Apple just fails to beat Samsung pre-establish distribution. Why? Because they started growing as a company in a big way in the early 2000s. Samsung has always been a major player.


    I hope with that example it makes sense why licensing their product is actually good for us.

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    Well, I hope that Replicel selling their IP will benefit them and us (as in enable the product to actually reach the market), because otherwise the process will sit there useless and unusable in some vault like Aderans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crafter View Post
    considering Rep have said their intention is to sell the technology then that could take a long time too. Don't expect this on the market before 2020
    Oh great... way to open up a can of worms. This is going to be a fun thread.


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