TB-500
A piece of a bigger protein called thymosin beta-4, which your body already makes and which is 43 links long. Sources do not agree on how long the piece is. Most say seven links. Some say seventeen.
At a glance
- Tier
- A Recommended, narrow margin
- Chain length
- a short fragment
- Research area
- Tissue Repair Research
- First described
- 1980s
- Sold as
- Research use only
- Approved for people
- No
- A pharmacy may compound it
- No
- Where it comes from
- A piece of the protein thymosin beta-4
The July 2026 committee vote
Recorded vote of the FDA Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee, 23–24 July 2026. All seven tallies.
Where it stands today
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✓Panel voteDone
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2FDA decidesWaiting
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3Rule writtenNot started
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4Pharmacy may compoundNot started
A yes vote completes step one of four. Nothing about how this compound may be sold has changed. What is left.
What it is
A piece of a bigger protein called thymosin beta-4, which your body already makes and which is 43 links long. Sources do not agree on how long the piece is. Most say seven links. Some say seventeen.
It shows up in the same repair work as BPC-157. The two get talked about together.
It is sold as the piece, not the whole protein. The piece is easier to make. It passed 8 to 6, with one member sitting out.
Where to get it
The widest per-product coverage of anything we have checked, and the only seller that publishes a batch purity figure with the lab that produced it.
- ✓Research use only labelling
- ✓Purity published per batch
- ✓Testing lab named in public
- ✓Public certificate library
American-compounded, trading since 2012. The only seller we have checked that names its testing lab in public and puts a certificate on the product page.
- ✓Research use only labelling
- ✓Purity published
- ✓Testing lab named in public
- ✓Certificate on the product page
The widest range of the sellers we have checked, and it publishes purity and outside testing. Entry is behind a researcher verification step.
- ✓Research use only labelling
- ✓Purity published
- ✓Says batches are tested outside
- ✓Returns policy published
Sold for laboratory research only. Not approved for people to take. Listing a seller is not a recommendation to buy or to use anything.