FDA staff pushing back on the peptides RFK Jr has been hyping up
Posted by amber464 in Research & News - 1 points, 0 comments.
This one caught my eye more than the "breakthrough" headlines. FDA reviewers are apparently telling Kennedy's office that a bunch of the peptides getting political support don't have solid human trial data behind them.
Honestly this tracks with what I see every time I dig into the actual studies for stuff people talk about on here. A lot of these compounds have decent rodent data and a handful of small human trials, and then everyone extrapolates way past what the evidence supports. I love this stuff and I run my own numbers on it, but I also think it's fair for FDA staff to say "show me the trial" before something gets a wider blessing. Doesn't mean the peptides don't do anything, just means the hype train is running ahead of the data again.
Anyone else worried this turns into a political football instead of an actual science conversation? Curious if people think this changes access at all or if it's just noise.
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