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Reshma Ramachandran

@reshmagar

@YaleMed Assistant Prof, @Yale_CRRIT Co-Director, @Drsforamerica Board of Directors #patientsbeforeprofits *Views here are my own*
New Haven, CT, United States Joined April 2010
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Reshma Ramachandran @reshmagar
While this paper focuses on FAERS (FDA's passive drug safety surveillance system), the limitations also apply to VAERS for vaccines. Current FDA leadership is using VAERS to make conclusions despite its many limitations & with no transparency of how the reports were investigated.
Yale CRRIT @Yale_CRRIT Dec 8, 2025
Now out in @NEJM is a new Perspective piece from the CRRIT team on the potential consequences of @US_FDA’s recent announcement to release daily drug adverse event reports from FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… (1/10)
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Reshma Ramachandran @reshmagar
The winners of yesterday's HHS ill-advised policy to seemingly legitimize unproven peptides with no clinical evidence of safety, efficacy, & quality aren't patients but telehealth platforms & compounders (for Hims, they're one & the same), now gifted a peptide-laden cash cow.
Anant Vinjamoori, MD Verified account @dranantmd Oct 29
Today you can get a first look at Peptides+, our new specialty built around a clinically guided protocol and ongoing clinical support. We’ve been building for this. Join the list to be among the first in line when we launch: hims.com/peptides-plus

Important disclaimers here: news.hims.com/disclaimers/ca…
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Reshma Ramachandran @reshmagar
Also, the "safety measures" included in this policy will do very little to protect patients. Lats week, I explained why: x.com/reshmagar/stat…

As @CSPI's Peter Lurie said: "They’re trying to create the appearance of guardrails where none exist." (h/t @MargaretManto)
PBS News Verified account @NewsHour Oct 29
A plan to give people in the U.S. easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was opposed by most FDA scientific staff members, who had limited input in drafting the policy, according to six people familiar with its development. to.pbs.org/4BBDu6M
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Many thanks to @AP_FDAwriter for making clear that HHS (RFK Jr.) unprecedently went over FDA's technical experts to push this policy forward despite their repeated concerns about the lack of evidence for peptides' safety, efficacy, & quality in patients.
PBS News Verified account @NewsHour Oct 29
A plan to give people in the U.S. easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was opposed by most FDA scientific staff members, who had limited input in drafting the policy, according to six people familiar with its development. to.pbs.org/4BBDu6M
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Hims & Hers acquired its own peptide manufacturing facility in 2025 & is now celebrating this policy allowing unproven peptides as its latest cash grab. As we found in our secret shopper study, there'll be little to no prescriber oversight to protect patients & prevent harms.
Hims House Verified account @himshouse Oct 28
$HIMS

🚨 HHS INTERIM ENFORCEMENT PEPTIDE POLICY

"The Secretary of HHS [RFK Jr.] has determined that this limited enforcement-discretion policy will discourage the continued, widespread use of certain research-use-only peptides supplied by foreign manufacturers that pose a safety risk to US patients. By allowing limited compounding of the substances addressed in this guidance under appropriate safeguards, the policy provides patients with a more controlled alternative."

"Based on the available evidence, including the recommendations of a recent Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee, the Secretary has determined that the policy advances patient choice and freedom while appropriately protecting patient safety."

"Until a peptide bulk drug substance is addressed in a final rule as being included or not included on the 503A bulks list, HHS does not intend to take action against a State-licensed pharmacy, Federal facility, or licensed physician compounding a drug product using a peptide bulk drug substance that is not a component of an FDA-approved drug product, the subject of an applicable USP or NF monograph, or on the 503A bulks list codified at 21 CFR 216.23(a), when all of the following circumstances are present:"

1. 503A Interim Access List: BPC-157, TB-500, MOTS-c, KPV, Semax, or Epitalon

2. Peptide Identity: The peptide must meet the identity specifications and administration-route limitations in Appendix B

3. Characterization & Testing: The substance must come from an FDA-registered facility and have a valid Certificate of Analysis (COA) confirming identity, purity, potency, and contaminant testing

4. Manufacturer Requirements: The original manufacturer must be FDA-registered, comply with CGMP requirements, and be identified on the COA. Intermediaries must validate suppliers

5. Reporting Requirements: Compounders must report products compounded, serious adverse events, and product quality issues to FDA and relevant states. Reporting instructions must appear on product labeling

6. Product Labeling: Labels must state: “This is a compounded drug product. Not for resale.”

7. Single Active Ingredient: Each compounded product may contain only one peptide API from Appendix A. No peptide combinations.

8. Oral Bioavailability: Oral formulations require documentation demonstrating adequate human bioavailability.

9. Drug Delivery Devices: Only FDA 510(k)-cleared syringes may be packaged with or contain the compounded drug.

10. Compliance With Existing Law: Products must satisfy other applicable FD&C Act requirements, including sanitary compounding conditions and valid patient-specific prescriptions.
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