Benzinga | Sep 10, 2020 08:16AM EDT

Histogen Announces Completion Of Dosing Milestone In Its 1b/2a Trial For Androgenic Alopecia In Men

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Histogen Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTO), a clinical-stage therapeutics company focused on developing potential first-in-class restorative therapeutics that ignite the body's natural process to repair and maintain healthy biological function, today announced completion of patient dosing for the week 6 treatment timepoint in its Phase 1b/2a clinical trial of HST-001, designed to assess the safety, tolerability and indicators of efficacy of HST-001 for the treatment of androgenic alopecia in men.



"We are pleased to have accomplished the second of three treatment timepoints in our HST-001 trial and we remain on track to announce top line data results in the fourth quarter of this year," said Richard W. Pascoe, Histogen's President and CEO. "HST-001, if approved, could be a first-in-class product given its potential to stimulate new long-lasting hair growth in contrast to existing therapies that focus on reducing hair loss."