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The five gray-market red flags your next compounding order should survive.

Free resource for licensed medical professionals. Three minutes to read. No sales pitch. No patient prose. Just the patterns that separate a licensed 503A compounding pharmacy from a research- chemical supplier posing as one.

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  • FDA and state-board actions on compounded peptides and GLPs, summarized for prescribing providers
  • Gray-market red flags: patterns to watch, not vendors to trust
  • Provider-licensure shifts by state, delivered the week they happen
  • USP 797 and 800 compliance reminders relevant to your sourcing decisions

What is inside

Five flags, briefly.

  1. 01

    "For research use only" in the fine print

    The single most reliable indicator that a supplier is operating outside the pharmacy framework.

  2. 02

    No state pharmacy license listed

    A legitimate 503A pharmacy will display its state license number. If they cannot produce one, they are not a pharmacy.

  3. 03

    No Certificate of Analysis on request

    USP 797 and 800 require batch testing. A generic CoA unlinked to your specific lot is not compliance.

  4. 04

    Pricing that does not survive a sanity check

    When a supplier charges a fraction of compliant compounders, one of the real cost inputs has been skipped.

  5. 05

    Foreign sourcing with no FDA records

    The FDA Drug Master File and establishment registration records are public. A compliant supplier can name sources.

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