# FDA scientists opposed Trump administration’s move to ease access to peptides

https://mins.news/en/item/119646

- The Guardian, 2026-10-28 18:35 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/peptides-fda-health-human-services-department

> Most FDA scientific staff opposed a plan favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ease access to unproven injectable peptides, according to six people familiar with its development. The HHS policy directs the FDA not to act against specialty pharmacies selling several of the substances.

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