Regulation & market
FDA-approved
A drug that FDA has reviewed and authorised for a specific use, having judged its benefits to outweigh its risks.
In plain terms
Approval attaches to a product for an indication, not to a molecule in the abstract. It means the manufacturing facility was inspected, the trials were reviewed, and the labelling reflects what was actually demonstrated.
You can verify any claim of approval yourself in Drugs@FDA, and read the resulting label on DailyMed. If a product is not there, it is not an FDA-approved drug, whatever the packaging implies.
Guides that use this term
BPC-157, TB-500, CJC-1295 and ipamorelin: what the FDA has actually published about each, why “removed from Category 2” does not mean cleared, and what is still unlawful to compound.
The shortages ended, and with them the enforcement discretion that allowed mass compounding of semaglutide and tirzepatide. What FDA actually said, with the dates, and what remains permitted.
Sources
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