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[17] The status has since remained unsettled rather than resolved in the compounds favor: in 2026 the nomination behind that listing was withdrawn and BPC-157 was removed from Category 2, yet the FDA did not move it to the permitted (Category 1) list, and at its July 2026 Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee review the agency proposed against adding BPC-157 to the 503A bulk-substances list at all

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In 2024, a task force consisting of physicians, pharmacists, and attorneys conducted an unpublished survey to preserve peptides ahead of the Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) meetings on October 29 and 4 December 2024 [269,270]