The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving toward allowing compounding pharmacies to produce more than a dozen injectable peptides that were banned because of potentially significant safety risks, the New York FDA to Review 7 Peptides for Compounding List in July 2026: BPC 157, Semax, Epitalon, and More HealingMaps Compounded "semaglutide" is not FDA approved semaglutide.com Sources: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Compounding and the FDA (503A & 503B guidance) FDA warning letters on unapproved peptide products National Institutes of Health (NIH) PubMed More oversight needed of unapproved medicines that threaten patients' health PhRMA Compounded "semaglutide" is not FDA approved semaglutide.com