Hi guys, I had a bit of spare time today and decided to run some searches on Shiseido to see if there's any new updates in Japanese media. Unfortunately, I've come across some worrying information that seems to have gone under our radar and Replicels.
Two Japanese news pages have stated in late 2017 that Shiseido is now aiming for 2020 market release rather than 2018. Here's the excerpts:
"Regarding hair regeneration medicine under development by Shiseido, clinical trials have already started at Tokyo Medical University and Toho University. The Shiseido side initially stated that he would like to put it in practical use so that it can be widely used for treating alopecia in 2018, but now it seems that the target is 2020. It seems that Riken and Kyocera 's hair regenerative medicine are aiming for practical use until 2020."
Source: https://hageken.jp/
Publication date: 7 Nov 2017
"In addition, Kyocera is announced that it is advancing research while making technical collaboration with RIKEN, and it is expected to be commercialized in 2020 as well as Shiseido."
Source: https://www.francetop.com/
Publication date: 11 Nov 2017
How did we miss this! We really need to get in contact with Dr Ryoji Tsuboi (the lead principal investigator). His email is:
tsuboi@tokyo-med.ac.jp
This is very worrying indeed.