This remains an actively moving area, however: on February 27, 2026, the HHS Secretary publicly announced an intent to move roughly 14 of the 19 Category 2-listed peptides, reportedly including ipamorelin and CJC-1295, back toward Category 1 status, and multiple industry and legal-news outlets reported further FDA action in the following months easing Category 2-related restrictions on this group of peptides
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Ipamorelin was on the FDA's Category 2 503A compounding list from September 2023 to September 2024, then removed after the nominator withdrew