The FDA panel upheld the formulated BPC-157, KPV peptide, in RFK Jr.'s victory.

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In a victory for peptide advocates and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Thursday that compounding pharmacies be allowed to manufacture the drugs BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, and MOTS-c.

The FDA committee is scheduled to vote on additional compounds on Friday.

The vote is non-binding, and the FDA will ultimately decide whether to lift current restrictions on these peptides and make them more readily available to people who are turning to little-researched but highly popular drugs to improve their health. It is unusual for the FDA to go against the recommendations of the Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC), but it has happened at least once in the past.

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