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FDA panel backs easier access to peptides

NPR | By Will Stone
Published July 24, 2026 at 4:43 AM MDT

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration are backing popular peptide therapies. They voted to allow specialized pharmacies to make them despite agency scientists' recommendations against it.

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