US Food and Drug Administration's advisory committee will meet to decide if seven peptides, marketed for various wellness treatments, can be compounded by licensed pharmacies. The review comes amid soaring popularity, safety concerns from the FDA, and controversy over committee members' ties to peptide businesses.
The FDA's Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee meets Thursday for two days to recommend on allowing compounding pharmacies to make popular injectable peptides like TB-500 and BPC-157. This decision is critical amidst safety concerns, lack of large-scale human trials, and industry pressure to lift current restrictions.
The FDA will discuss reclassifying peptides on July 23-24, potentially allowing pharmacies to compound custom mixes, reversing a 2023 ban. The move is highly anticipated by telehealth companies and pharmacies, despite scientific recommendations against it and existing gray markets.
South Korea's Samsung Biologics made an all-cash bid of 1.46 billion Swiss francs ($1.8 billion) for Switzerland's PolyPeptide Group. This acquisition, the largest biopharma M&A in South Korea's history, aims to diversify Samsung's portfolio into fast-growing peptide therapeutics, including obesity treatments, and expand its global footprint.
An expert warns the UK has become a 'wild west' for experimental peptides and steroids, with easy online access and lack of regulation leading to serious health risks and potential fatalities. Fitness influencers are reportedly selling these substances via platforms like Telegram.
Fitness influencers associated with Gencore Global, a UK wellness brand, are promoting illegal steroids and performance-enhancing drugs through an underground Telegram network. The network, rebranded as Anabolic By Nature, was initially called Rohm. Experts warn of a blurred line between fitness culture and illegal drug promotion.
An FDA panel is set to review seven peptides, popular in wellness circles for injury recovery and more, but lacking large-scale trials and FDA approval. Concerns linger about safety and potential conflicts of interest among panel members.
L'Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament (ANSM) alerte sur les dangers des peptides vendus en ligne, souvent vantés par des influenceurs pour leurs supposés bienfaits sur la performance sportive ou le vieillissement. Ces produits, dont la composition est incertaine, peuvent entraîner de graves problèmes de santé.
FDA scientists recommend against loosening restrictions on trendy peptide therapies like BPC-157 and MOTs-C, citing a lack of rigorous human trials and potential safety concerns. This contrasts with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s support for the molecules, despite a 2023 ban on compounding pharmacies making them.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed nine new members, many with financial ties or personal promotion of peptide drugs, to an FDA advisory panel. This move comes as the panel is set to review the accessibility of these unproven drugs, despite FDA scientists' concerns about safety and efficacy.
Le marché des peptides de synthèse, stimulé par la culture de l'apparence et le biohacking, dépasse 100 millions de dollars annuels, soutenu par les crypto-monnaies pour contourner les restrictions bancaires.
A burgeoning gray market for peptides, driven by trends like 'looksmaxxing' and demand for cheaper alternatives to popular drugs, is processing over $100 million annually via cryptocurrency, primarily Bitcoin and stablecoins, according to Chainalysis.
Early results of Russia's 'Oncopept' peptide oncovaccine for colorectal cancer show good tolerability and expected immune response. Over 40 patients are enrolled, primarily those with metastatic disease who have undergone surgery and chemotherapy.
US-Gesundheitsminister Robert F. Kennedy plant eine Neubewertung von Peptiden, die oft unreguliert als Fitness- oder Beauty-Mittel beworben werden. Experten warnen vor fehlenden klinischen Belegen und Sicherheitsrisiken, während Kritiker Kennedys Auswahl der Experten anzweifeln.
Cardiologist Eric Topol argues that optimizing "health span" — years free from major age-related diseases — matters more than maximizing lifespan. His research at Scripps Research found no genetic secret to healthy aging; instead, exercise, sleep, social connection, and preventive medicine prove more impactful. While AI enables predictive medicine through tools like retinal scans for Parkinson's risk, Topol warns against biohacking trends and unproven supplements, calling the anti-aging industry "out of control."
This Optimizer newsletter examines the exploding peptide trend in wellness culture, focusing on how Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop brand markets peptide skincare products that may not contain what they promise. The $105 Youth Boost NAD+ Peptide Rich Cream contains NMN (a NAD+ precursor) rather than NAD+, and only one peptide ingredient that appears last in the list — suggesting minimal concentration. The piece critiques the conflation of peptides, vitamins, and other injectables by influential figures, warning that such confusion could normalize experimental gray-market treatments.
Braden Clavicular said YouTube removed both of his channels without warning for “severe or repeated violations” of its guidelines. Another creator, Atozy, suggested the action may be tied to alleged promotion of peptides to young audiences.
Hims may have a chance to grow peptides business as a potential revenue driver, with FDA review in 2026 shaping the opportunity.
