HealthCoroner urges TGA review of unapproved peptides after Australian actor’s death

Australian actor and stuntman Richard Norton suffered cardiac arrest after injecting prescribed but unapproved CJC1295 and ipamorelin, and died in March 2025. A Victorian coroner recommended that the Therapeutic Goods Administration review the peptides’ benefits and risks and consider restricting them to clinical trials or experimental use.

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