Two news reports I've seen say the new cell therapies will cost about the same as a transplant does today, anywhere from $3k to $10k.
And then at some point there will probably be a drug that really does grow hair on bald heads. Frequency Therapeutics is making hair researchers appear to be dogging it by comparison. Frequency T. is on the verge of a drug treatment for a vexingly difficult to solve "hair loss" disorder of the inner ear. Sensorineural hairs in the middle ear break off with noise exposure and aging. FT is now ready to do a phase 2a clinical trial using a drug that will stimulate progenitor cells in the middle ear to re-grow a very specialized type of "hair cell" that doesn't normally re-grow in humans. That is, until now.
Just like hair follicles on our heads, the hair cells in the inner ear(about 15000 each ear) form in the fetal stages of life, and that's all you get for the rest of your life. Well, this company says their drug FX-322 changes all that. I think hair researchers will discover a drug, maybe sandalore, that will re-grow hair follicles in human scalps.
https://www.neurologyadvisor.com/to...tus-to-fx-322-for-sensorineural-hearing-loss/