RFK Jr. stacks FDA panel with peptide peddlers as FDA scientists oppose access

While the FDA is not obligated to accept the recommendations from its advisory committees, it often does. In an introductory briefing document for the meeting next month, the agency said it “does not intend to issue a final determination on the issues at hand until input from the advisory committee process has been considered and all reviews have been finalized. The final determination may be affected by issues not discussed at the advisory committee meeting.” New and old members The nine new members are: Gabriel Alizaidy, who promotes peptides on social media and in a newsletter he runs. He is a scientific director at Maximus , a “personal performance medicine” clinic offering peptide injections. The FDA recently sent Maximus a warning letter over “ false or misleading ” claims on peptides used for weight loss, The Washington Post reported . Asare B. Christian, a sports medicine doctor who founded Aether Medicine in Pennsylvania, which uses peptides in its treatments for pain, anti-aging, injuries, and neurological disease. Robert Harshbarger, a Republican state senator in Tennessee who is a pharmacist and son of US Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R). In November, Diana Harshbarger specifically asked Kennedy to have the FDA reevaluate six peptides . …