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An FDA Committee Just Voted in Favor of Peptides—Despite the Agency's Opposition

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. —Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg—Getty ImagesIn a highly unusual move, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) committee voted against FDA staff’s own advice in a meeting on July 23 and 24, recommending that six peptides be added to a list that will allow certain specialty pharmacies to dispense them. Currently, those peptides are in a legal gray area. The committee voted against adding to the list one of the peptides being considered, emideltide. Here’s what to know.What are peptides?Peptides are short chains of a...