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FDA to consider relaxing restrictions for peptides

A photo of US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaking at a podium.
US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Kevin Kinsella

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The regulator said it is looking to take seven peptides off a restrictive list for unapproved drugs considered too risky.

Federal regulation is supposed to be the opposite of “Wild West” antics, but that is what critics are calling the latest news out of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), even as MAHA influencers are cheering it on.

The FDA is weighing whether to relax restrictions on more than

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