Good news, baldies – new drug ‘makes men regrow their hair’ in first human trial

Good news if you’re thin on top – or have lost the battle altogether – a new drug is ‘showing promise’ in making men regrow their hair.
And for once, the drug is actually working on humans, rather than mice or undersea worms or something equally irrelevant.


The drug – codenamed SMO4554 – is made by San Diego biotech start-up, and is a solution that men rub into their heads,
The results are ‘preliminary’, Forbes reports – but 300 men who took it reported growing new hairs in a one-square-centimetre patch of their head.

The drug seems strongly dependent on dose, Samumed reported – and says that in its animal trials, there seemed to be ‘Goldilocks’ zone where the effects worked best.
Samumed says it will be taking the drug into new, larger trials.