Why is topical RU 58841 stuck in phase 2 trials so long.

[phish]

renamed psk 3841 I just read this wich is dated feb 03.
Philippe Ballero (President of Proskelia, the company that now owns RU) confirmed back in Feb '03 that RU58841 (re-named PSK 3841 by the new owners) was already in Phase IIa of *human* testing and that they were anticipating moving to Phase IIb next month i.e. October '03

thats almost 5 years that its been in phase 2b. are there some problems that they cant get out of this stage? Or does it normally take 5 years for phase 2 trials. here is the website and status of topical ru. http://www.prostrakan.com/randd.html

 

[hairsucks]

I have no idea why it's been stuck in phase 2 for so long but isn't flutamide meant to be as potent anyway?

 

[phish]

flutamide is not even close to as powerful as ru that and it doesn't have system side affects like flutamide.