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ENERGI-F701

ENERGI-F701 is in Phase 2 for female pattern hair loss, developed by Energenesis Biomedical.

A Taiwanese topical that activates AMPK in the follicle, run head-to-head against minoxidil in women and not trialled since.

Nothing new since Nov 2020

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Current phase
Phase 2

Tests whether it works, at what dose, in a few hundred people.

Mechanism
Metabolic / mitochondrial

Changes the follicle's energy metabolism to push resting follicles back into growth.

Also known as
ENERGI F701, ENERGIF701
Last public activity
November 2020
Copy last reviewed
September 2026
Record confidence
Medium

A research record, not medical advice: being listed here says nothing about whether a treatment works or whether it is right for you. Talk to a dermatologist about your own case.

How it is meant to work

Energenesis describes an AMPK activator that raises ATP in dermal papilla cells, on the argument that an energised papilla keeps the follicle in its growth phase longer. Metabolic, like PP405, by a different route.

Why it matters

The Phase 2 randomised 67 women with pattern hair loss to ENERGI-F701 or 2% minoxidil for 12 weeks; the registered primary endpoint was hairs shed on combing, not density. The company's figures, presented as a 2023 conference abstract in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology: density rose from 80.8 to 92.9 hairs/cm² on F701 and from 90.1 to 101.9 on minoxidil, with fewer local skin reactions on F701 (5.9% against 21.2%). An abstract is not a paper. The trial, registered in 2017, completed in 2019, and no other has been registered since; the company still lists the compound.

Development history

  1. Phase 2

    First Phase 2 trial on record: NCT03351322 — ENERGI-F701 for Female Hair Loss Treatment

    ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Registered trials

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  • NCT03351322Phase 2Completed

    ENERGI-F701 for Female Hair Loss Treatment

    Energenesis Biomedical Co., Ltd. · n=67 · May 2018

Listing a trial is not a recommendation to join one. Eligibility, risks and costs vary enormously — discuss any trial with your own doctor first.

Sources

Related programmes

Other programmes in the register with the same mechanism: Metabolic / mitochondrial.

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Hair Pipeline, "ENERGI-F701 — development record", hairpipeline.com/pipeline/energi-f701