Groundbreaking hair loss cure research is constantly being undertaken by universities, labs, companies and governments globally. On this page, I have compiled a comprehensive list of key hair loss research centers by country. I am only including those entities that satisfy at least one of the below:

• Is home to at least one renowned hair loss researcher.
• Has been in the news several times when it comes to groundbreaking hair related research and discoveries.
• Has published many hair loss related papers in reputable journals.

I hope to update this page every few months. Among the leading nations that are especially important are:

• United States.
• South Korea.
• Japan.
• China.

World Hair Loss Cure Research by Country

Hair loss research is taking place at over 100 universities, private labs and companies around the world. Below, you can find a list of the most important centers of hair loss cure research by country.

United States: Hair Loss Research

• Absci — AI-developed hair loss product to target the prolactin receptor.
• Acorn Biolabs — Hair follicle banking and topical secretome based hair loss treatment.
• Allergan — Including Bimatoprost, Setipiprant, Exicure, and Pelage Pharmaceuticals.
• Atticus Pharma — Mitochondrial activation.
• Aneira Pharma. Latanoprost, cyclosporine and minoxidil.
• BiologicsMD — University of Arkansas.
• Boston Children’s Hospital — Dr. Karl Koehler.
• Columbia University — Dr. Angela Christiano and her company Rapunzel Biosciences.
• Dermaliq Therapeutics. Latanoprost based on proprietary drug delivery technology called hyliQ®.
• DNovo.
• Duke University — Dr. Elise Olsen.
• Eirion Therapeutics. Correcting defective hair follicle stem cells and melanocytes.
• Follica. [Update: Paused all work related to hair loss in 2023].
• Harvard University — Hsu Laboratory. And also GeneSkin.
• Histogen — Hair Stimulating Complex (HSC). [Update: Stopped working on hair loss in 2021].
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — The Rendl Lab.
• Johns Hopkins University — Dr. Luis Garza.
• Kerastem Technologies — Adipose (fat) tissue and hair growth.
• Kythera Biopharmaceuticals — Setipiprant, a PGD2 antagonist. [Update: Kythera acquired by Allergan on June 17, 2015].
• New York University — Dr. Mayumi Ito.
• Northwestern University — Dr. Rui Yi.
• Rockefeller University — Dr. Elaine Fuchs.
• Samumed — SM04554 topical solution to activate Wnt pathway. Later renamed to Biosplice Therapeutics. [Update: Stopped working on hair loss in 2021].
• Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute — Dr. Alexey Terskikh & Dr. Ksenia Gnedeva. Also see Stemson Therapeutics.
• Southern Illinois University — Dr. Michael Neumeister.
• Stanford University — Dr. Anthony Oro.
• StimuSIL. SAGA-001 precision LLLT and StimuField pulsed electromagnetic field therapy.
• Turn Biotechnologies — mRNA based hair regeneration (in my post on miRNA and hair growth).
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Hair Loss Research — Dr. Rajesh Thangapazham, Dr. Thomas Darling & Dr. Shaowei Li.
• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Dr. Melissa Harris.
• University of California Irvine — Dr. Maksim Plikus. He also founded the company Amplifica.
• University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) — Dr. Heather Christofk and Dr. William Lowry.
• University of Kansas — Dr. Omar Aljitawi.
• University of Pennsylvania — Dr. George Cotsarelis (also see Follica, whose technology is licensed from U Penn).
• University of Southern California — Quorum Sensing via Dr. Cheng-Ming Chuong & Wnt7b via Dr. Krzysztof Kobielak.
• University of Texas Southwestern — Krox20 and Dr. Lu Le.
• University of Wisconsin — Electricity Delivering Cap and Dr. Xudong Wang.
• Yale University — Dr. Brett King & Dr. Valerie Horsley.
• Wake Forest University — Dr. Amy McMichael & various others.

Canada

• Triple Hair. Minoxidil, finasteride and latanoprost.
• University of British Columbia. Dr. Kevin McElwee (also see Replicel, where he is Chief Scientific Officer).
• University of Calgary. Dr. Jeff Biernaskie.
• University of Manitoba. Dr. Malcolm Xing.

Finland

• Aranda Pharma. ADA-308 androgen receptor inhibitor.

Germany

• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science. Dr. Annika Vogt and Dr. Ulrike Blume-Peytavi.
• Mallia Therapeutics via Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) research. Dr. Alexander Steinkasserer.
• Monasterium Laboratory. Dr. Ralf Paus.
• Technische Universität Berlin. Dr. Roland Lauster & Dr. Gerd Lindner. Also see Tissuse.
• University of Lübeck. Dr. Jennifer Klopper.

Greece

• Theracell. Cell-based hair regeneration via 3-D culturing.

Israel

• Technion. Israel Institute of Technology.

Italy

• Cassiopea. CB-03-01 (Breezula) topical antiandrogen (and Winlevi for acne).
• Farmacia Parati. Topical Finasteride and perhaps topical Dutasteride.
• Fidia Farmaceutici and Trinov aka Brotzu Lotion. PGE1 and DGLA.

Poland

• BioResearch Pharma. Latonoprost acid based product BRP-001.

Spain

• Ideeea Therapeutics. Mesenchymal stem cells and adenosine triphosphate.
• Mediteknia Skin & Hair Lab.
• Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). Dr. Mirna Perez-Moreno & Dr. Donatello Castellana.

Sweden

• Kasper Lab.

Switzerland

• Polichem. P-3074 topical Finasteride product. Edit: Now being sold by Almirall (Spain).
• Topadur Pharma. TOP-M119 activation of the cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) enzyme regulatory system.

United Kingdom

• University of Bradford. Dr. Valerie Randall & Dr. Des Tobin.
• Durham University. Dr. Claire Higgins & Dr. Colin Jahoda.
• University of Manchester. Dr. Ralf Paus.
• HairClone.

Australia

• Cellmid. FGF-5 inhibition.
• University of Melbourne. Dr. Rodney Sinclair.

China

• Fosun Pharmaceutical.  Live biotherapeutic LBP-ShC4.
• Hebei University of Science and Technology. Dr. Chunyu Han.
• Hope Medicine.
• Hunan University. Dr. Nie Hemin.
• Southern Medical University (Nanfang Hospital).
• Kintor Pharmaceutical. Androgen receptor degrader (GT20029) and antagonist (KX-826 aka Pyrilutamide).
• Sun Yat-sen University. Dr. Wang Xusheng.
• TehnoDerma. TDM-105795 thyromimetic topical.
• Yunce Medical (also called Yunce Biotech).

Japan

• Pola Chemical Industries. Hair follicle organoids.
• Keio University. Dr. Manabu Ohyama.
• Kyorin University. Dr. Hirotaro Fukuoka & Dr. Hirotaka Suga.
• Nippon Medical School. Dr. Rei Ogawa.
• OrganTech. Based on RIKEN and Dr. Takashi Tsuji past research.
• Osaka University. Dr. Shigeki Inui.
• Shiseido. They have their own internal hair loss research segment and also use technology from Canada’s Replicel.
• Tokyo University of Science. Dr. Takashi Tsuji.
• Yokohama University. Dr. Junji Fukuda.

Singapore

• A*STAR Institute of Medical Biology.

South Korea

• AriBio. Telomerase activation.
• AttisLab. 3D organoid culturing.
• CosmeRNA, via siRNAgen Therapeutics (Bioneer). SAMiRNA cosmeceutical to reduce androgen receptor expression.
• CHA Biotech. Stem cell therapy for hair loss.
• Choi Laboratory.
• Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical. Dutasteride injections.
• Daewoong Pharmaceutical and Inventage Lab. Finasteride injections.
• Epibiotech. 3D culturing of dermal papilla cells, CXCL12 neutralizing antibody and RIPK1 inhibitor.
• Han Bio. Dermal papilla cell cultivation and transplantation.
• JW Pharmaceutical. Activating the Wnt pathway.
• Kangstem Biotech. Hair follicle organoid culturing.
• KeraMedix. Keratin injections.
• Moogene Medi. Ultrasound microbubble delivered topical dutasteride.
• OliX Pharmaceuticals. Reducing androgen receptor expression via an RNAi intradermal injection.
• Orient Bio. Cyclosporine A for hair growth.
• Qstem (Q-Stem). Producing new hair follicles via hiPSCs and DPCs.
• Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH). Allogeneic hair transplants (led by Professor Kwon Oh-sang). Also check out my post on person-to-person hair transplants.
• T&R Biofab. 3D culturing of hair follicle spheroids via bioprinting.
• Therazyne: Wnt surrogate for hair regeneration.
• Yonsei University. CXXC5, PTD-DBM and Dr. Kang-Yell Choi. Also see CK Regeon.

Taiwan

• • AnHorn Medicines. AH-001 androgen receptor degrader.
  • Energenesis Biomedical. AMPK activator ENERGI-F701.
  • National Taiwan University. Dr. Sung-Jan Lin.

Thailand

• • Medeze Group. Hair follicle banking and dermal papilla cell cultivation.