Follica's latest release ups the ante with fgf9

[IDW2BB]

http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2013/06/03/hair-raising-follica-study-could-point-to-baldness-therapy/

“We’ve been able to consistently show that we crate substantial new hair follicles in humans, and that’s something that no other approach in hair loss as far as I am aware has been able to achieve,â€￾ Olle says. “That’s a critical step. The goal of some of those early trials has been to test the hypothesis of the mechanism that we had seen in mice.â€￾

multiple articles have been released today. This is just one of them.

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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ne...apeutic-approach-to-treat-baldness-2013-06-03

"Creating new hair follicles is essential to treating hair loss, and is something that cannot be accomplished by invasive surgical procedures such as hair transplantation or by existing drug treatments that at best simply preserve existing hair," said Dr. Bernat Olle, Follica Co-founder.

Sounds like he is setting the bar.

 

[cthulhu]

This is pretty exciting, they wouldn't be moving into phase IIb if there wasn't efficacy with their treatment. Its too bad they're not releasing anything the phases of study.

 

[hahadaxiao]

good news ! But better to share more details

 

[uncomfortable man]

You feel that? That is your hopes getting the better of you.

Dangerous feel.