FDA to weigh easing limits on unproven peptides favored by RFK Jr.

Federal health officials will meet this summer to consider easing restrictions on a controversial group of drugs popular with followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement. Thursday's announcement from the Food and Drug Administration focuses on peptides, a class of unproven chemicals that are often pitched online as a way to build muscle, lose weight and look younger. The agency said it will convene experts in July to consider the issue, which Kennedy has discussed in recent podcast appearances. FDA previously blocked production of a number of peptides due to safety concerns.