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Just under three years ago, the Food and Drug Administration deemed 19 peptide drugs too unsafe to be dispensed by compounding pharmacies, which mix components of approved drugs to create bespoke medication fo…
Read guide →T he first quarter of 2025 is already over, and we’re looking forward to what the rest of the year holds. We’re sharing some research we found interesting as well as news in the peptide industry. With so many …
Read guide →NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! As GLP-1 weight-loss medications gain traction, the peptide market is experiencing a surge in interest. A variety of peptides — commonly marketed for weight loss, m…
Read guide →NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! The peptide boom is under scrutiny as the FDA weighs easing restrictions on several drugs in the category. Peptides, which are short chains of amino acids that serv…
Read guide →NEWS FEATURE 10 June 2026 Peptide injections are the hottest trend in wellness. Researchers say enthusiasm for these unregulated drugs has got ahead of the science. By Cassandra Willyard0 Cassandra Willyard Ca…
Read guide →More Americans are injecting themselves with unapproved chemicals that are pitched as ways to build muscle, rejuvenate skin and extend life, the latest example of the nation’s fascination with alternative ther…
Read guide →In fielding questions recently from patients and physician colleagues about peptides, I was prompted to look into the field at more depth. There’s no question that the use of many of these has surged, in part …
Read guide →1 March 2026 Ruth Clegg, health and wellbeing reporter and Amy Walker @katiepeptalks Katie carefully takes a syringe out of its packet. She pricks the top of a small jar of blue liquid and pulls up the plunger…
Read guide →Here’s a new trend that sounds unwise: buying unregulated substances from dealers in foreign countries and injecting them into your body. And yet, grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances wit…
Read guide →The promotion of various peptide injections by some health and fitness influencers, celebrities, and people in the Make America Healthy Again movement – compounds that haven’t been approved as safe and effecti…
Read guide →About a decade ago, a group of competitive CrossFitters in Charleston, South Carolina, went looking for ways to improve their athletic performance without taking steroids. At the time, members of the fitness c…
Read guide →WASHINGTON (AP) — Unapproved peptide drugs have become a trendy new hack among wellness influencers , fitness coaches and celebrities, pitched as a way to build muscle, shed pounds and look younger. Online sto…
Read guide →AMA News Wire What doctors want patients to know about injectable peptides Apr 29, 2026 Interest in injectable peptides is rising as more people see them promoted online through health and wellness influencers…
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