Mudgal Kothekar
Vice President, Clinical Development, Sun Pharma
Seminars
Wednesday 4th November 2026
Raising the Bar in Alopecia Areata: Positioning Next- Generation Topical Therapies to Deliver Meaningful Hair Regrowth in a JAK-Dominated Market
1:30 pm
- Examining why previous topical approaches have struggled in alopecia areata, identifying key biological, formulation and clinical development challenges, to inform the next generation of topical therapies
- Defining meaningful clinical differentiation beyond oral JAK inhibitors, evaluating efficacy, durability, safety and patient preference considerations, to establish where topical therapies can create value in an increasingly competitive treatment landscape
- Optimizing clinical trial design and endpoint selection for topical agents, addressing unique development challenges around efficacy assessment, patient selection and long-term treatment expectations, to improve the likelihood of clinical and regulatory success
