Benzinga | Oct 5, 2020 08:10AM EDT

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

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 05, 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 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 completed dosing for week 12, the last of three dosing 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. "We believe HST-001 has the potential to stimulate new long-lasting hair growth in contrast to the two FDA approved therapies that focus on reducing hair loss."