Androgenic 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…
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Published on: Oct 7, 2020 at 20:04
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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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US Male Phase 2 Pyrilutamide Trial Underway: Update (3/1/22) Consistent progress is the M.O. of Kintor Pharma. On March 1, 2022 it was announced that the first patients in a US phase 2 trial for males have received dosing. The four cohorts in the trial will receive topical dosing of either 2.5 mg pyrilutamide twice…
Read MoreHello everyone, and welcome to another edition of Weekly Thoughts. It has been a little while since my last check in with you all. You can chalk it up to a busy schedule and the fact that there hasn’t been too much significant news in the hair growth treatment world recently. As always, there are…
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The 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,…
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Hello 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…
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I’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…
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Follicle 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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