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Dr. Levine answers: Collagenase injections are not yet available for clinical use nor have the clinical trials begun. Auxilium, the pharmaceutical company who is investigating collagenase is developing a placebo-controlled trial that must go through FDA approval before initiation. These negotiations as well as finalizing the manufacturing process for the collagenase must be completed before initiation of the trial which we hope will begin sometime in 2007.