Tesamorelin
A longer chain — 44 amino acids. It is a made version of a signal the body already uses.
At a glance
- Tier
- B Not put to the committee
- Chain length
- 44 amino acids
- Research area
- Metabolic Research
- First described
- 1990s
- Sold as
- Research use only
- Approved for people
- No
- A pharmacy may compound it
- No
- Where it comes from
- A made version of a signal the body uses
The July 2026 committee vote
This compound was not on the committee's agenda. That is not a rejection — it was never asked.
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
Nothing has moved for this compound. It sits where it sat before the meeting.
What it is
A longer chain — 44 amino acids. It is a made version of a signal the body already uses.
Appears in metabolic research, in work on how the body handles stored fat.
Unlike most names here, a version of this has been through full drug approval.
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.