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Peptide legal status tracker: what is approved, what was only recommended, and what did not change

Seventeen compounds, one row each. An advisory committee voted on seven peptides in July 2026 and the internet has been describing that vote as though it settled the law. It did not. This page states where each compound actually stands, and carries a date so you can tell when it stops being current.

Last updated 25 September 2026 · Votes verified against the committee record
ApprovedThe FDA has approved it for a stated use. Check which use.
Recommended, not lawAn advisory committee voted in favour in July 2026. The rulemaking that would make it real has not happened.
Recommended againstThe same committee voted it down.
NeitherNo approval, and not among the seven the committee reviewed. Nothing about it changed in July 2026.
CompoundStatusFDA approval July 2026 committee503A Bulks ListNote
SemaglutideOzempic, Wegovy Approved Approved Not applicable Not applicable An approved drug. The 503A compounding question does not apply to it.
TirzepatideMounjaro, Zepbound Approved Approved Not applicable Not applicable An approved drug. Dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist.
LiraglutideSaxenda, Victoza Approved Approved Not applicable Not applicable Approved, and commercially in retreat as newer agents take the market.
TesamorelinEgrifta Approved Approved since 2010 Not applicable Not applicable Approved for HIV-associated lipodystrophy only. The label dose is 1.4 mg. The pages that rank for it recommend other numbers.
BPC-157Body Protection Compound 157 Recommended, not law Not approved In favour, 8 to 6 with 1 abstention Not on it. Removed from Category 2 on 15 April 2026. No published randomised controlled trial in humans for any indication.
KPVLysine-proline-valine Recommended, not law Not approved In favour, 8 to 6 Not on it. A tripeptide fragment of alpha-MSH. Recommended, not listed.
TB-500Thymosin beta-4 fragment Recommended, not law Not approved In favour, 8 to 6 Not on it. Often discussed as interchangeable with thymosin beta-4. It is a fragment of it.
MOTS-cMitochondrial ORF of the 12S rRNA type-c Recommended, not law Not approved In favour, 7 to 5 with 2 abstentions Not on it. A mitochondrial-derived peptide. The narrowest margin of the six that passed.
EpitalonEpithalon, AEDG peptide Recommended, not law Not approved In favour, 7 to 4 Not on it. Carries the largest longevity claims and the thinnest human evidence base.
SemaxACTH(4-10) analogue Recommended, not law Not approved In favour, 8 to 5 Not on it. Registered as a medicine in Russia. That is not an FDA approval.
EmideltideDSIP, delta sleep-inducing peptide Recommended against Not approved Against, 6 to 7 Not on it, and recommended against. The only one of the seven the committee voted down.
SermorelinGeref Neither Formerly approved as Geref. No approved product today. Not among the seven reviewed Not on it, and not in the interim categories. Discontinued by the manufacturer in 2008. Compounded today under a different pathway.
CJC-1295 Neither Not approved Not among the seven reviewed Not on it. Not reviewed in July 2026. Its status did not change that week.
Ipamorelin Neither Not approved Not among the seven reviewed Not on it. Not reviewed in July 2026. Its status did not change that week.
GHK-CuCopper peptide Neither Not approved as a drug Not among the seven reviewed Not on it. Widely sold in cosmetics, which is a different regulatory category entirely.
5-Amino-1MQ Neither Not approved Not among the seven reviewed Not on it. Searches grew about 1,400 per cent. Its legal status did not move at all.
Melanotan II Neither Not approved Not among the seven reviewed Not on it. Not reviewed in July 2026. Its status did not change that week.

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How to read this table, and how not to

Every column here is regulatory. A compound appearing as recommended means a committee voted for it to be available for pharmacy compounding. It does not mean the compound is safe, that it works, or that it is appropriate for anyone in particular. Those are separate questions and this table does not answer them.

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