Health and Human Services is advancing a policy advancing licensed pharmacies and physicians to compound some unapproved peptides as regulators determine whether to allow their use in compounded medicines.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has advocated for wider access to peptides and has hinted at the possibility of the Food and Drug Administration lifting restrictions on them.

Dig deeper: Reuters reported that the federal agency's policy allows compounding of six peptides, like BPC-157 and TB-500 - often taken together in a combination known as the "Wolverine stack" without concern of backlash from the Food and Drug Administration.