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This suggests the possibility of emergence of resistance to arginine depletion, probably by re-expression of ASS1 or autophagy
What Reclassification Would (and Would Not) Change If BPC-157 is moved to Category 1 after the July 2026 meeting, the regulatory impact is narrower than many online summaries suggest: Scenario Category 2 (current default) Category 1 (post-reclassification) FDA approval No No 503A compounding Not permitted Permitted (pending final rulemaking) 503B outsourcing facilities Separate list (503B bulks list) Separate determination required Commercial drug product Not available Still not available without NDA Research/laboratory use Legal for research Legal for research (unchanged) In plain terms: Category 1 status lets a patient with a valid prescription get BPC-157 prepared by a state-licensed compounding pharmacy
We treat it as a metabolic tool
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