The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is letting pharmacies use unapproved peptides, under a decision from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The peptide injections can be used as officials with the Food and Drug Administration and other parts of the department consider permanent action, the agency said in a notice. It said no enforcement actions will be taken against companies that produce and use the peptides even though they are not approved.
Kennedy, according to the notice, “has determined that this limited enforcement-discretion policy will discourage the continued, widespread use of certain research-use-only peptides supplied by foreign manufacturers that pose a safety risk to US patients.” The health secretary, it also said, “has determined that the policy advances patient choice and freedom while appropriately protecting patient safety.”…