i'm not surprised at all.
clinical studies and peer reviewed papers are falsified all the time, for decades. and in 99.9% of all cases they get away with it.
it's often just impossible to prove it's a scam, and even if it is, nobody is going to waste time, energy, and money to debunk a scam.
it's sad, but that's the world we live in.
and hairloss research is probably the field with the easiest possible scams. the two biggest scams currently in the making are kerastem and histogen.
another example, dr. gho's donor regeneration claims were already debunked years ago, but nothing happened to him, because nobody is willing to spend time and money on years of lawsuits. so he just can continue his scammy business.
the same will be with kerastem and histogen. they will make millions for many years without getting sued or anything.
same with hairmax lasercomb and theradome laserhelmet, made from ex-NASA scientist hamim tamid. theradome got caught many times changing their specs of the helmet dramatically because the math they advertised didn't make sense and customers started asking questions about it. few years later, theradome is still selling like hot cakes, because every year there is a new generation of baldies with no previous experience, who see their ad or find it by google and decide to give it a try.
or TRX2 lol... or reboost... or the pilox hairregen device...
hundrets of hairloss scams are out there, and nobody can stop em.
only a real cure can kick all those asses out of business.