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Cortagen: research, legal status and who sells it

This page is information, not medical advice. Cortagen is not approved as a medicine in the markets below unless stated. We don't publish dosing or usage instructions.

Also known as
Ala-Glu-Asp-Pro, AEDP peptide, Korthagen
Category
Synthetic tetrapeptide (Khavinson peptide bioregulator)
Evidence level
Preclinical (lab and animal studies)
Price range
$2.25/mg to $3.00/mg, median $2.55/mg across 7 vendors (compare)
Our lab tests
None yet (how testing will work)
WhereStatus
United StatesNo FDA-approved drug contains cortagen [1].
United KingdomNo UK-licensed medicine containing cortagen appears in the MHRA products database [2].
European UnionNo medicine containing cortagen is authorized in the EU, according to EMA's central and Article 57 product data [3][4].
CanadaNo product containing cortagen appears in Health Canada's Drug Product Database [5].
AustraliaCortagen is not named in Australia's Poisons Standard (October 2026) [6].
Sport (WADA)Not named on the 2026 Prohibited List; its section S0 bans any pharmacological substance with no current approval for human therapeutic use [7].
 Summaries of official sources, checked —. Rules change; follow the source links. Not legal advice.

We haven't published a full overview of Cortagen yet. The legal status table and live prices on this page are current.

Cortagen prices: cheapest listings

The five lowest $/mg listings out of 8. See all Cortagen prices

Vendor Transparency Product Size Price $/mg vs median Stock Vendor's page
Go Alpha Labs 83/100 Cortagen (20mg) (10 Vials) 20 mg × 10 $450 $2.25/mg −12% In stock View
Eros Peptides 87/100 Cortagen 20MG 20 mg $47 $2.34/mg −8% In stock View
Swiss Chems FDA warning letter, Dec 2024 72/100 Cortagen, 20mg 20 mg $47 $2.35/mg −8% In stock View
Pure Lab Peptides 82/100 Cortagen 20mg 20 mg $55 $2.75/mg +8% In stock View
Volta Peptides 70/100 Cortagen 20mg 20 mg $59 $2.95/mg +16% Out of stock View

Prices come from each vendor's public product feed and were last fetched Oct 15, 2026. They exclude shipping and discounts. $/mg uses the labeled amount, not measured content. How we compare prices.

Sources

  1. Drugs@FDA: FDA-Approved Drugs (database searched by active ingredient). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accessed Oct 15, 2026
  2. MHRA Products: licensed-medicine search for "cortagen". Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (UK). Accessed Oct 15, 2026
  3. EMA medicines data: centrally authorised human medicines (export of 14 October 2026). European Medicines Agency. Accessed Oct 15, 2026
  4. EMA Article 57 product data: medicines authorised in the EU/EEA (data as of 9 October 2026). European Medicines Agency. Accessed Oct 15, 2026
  5. Drug Product Database online query (searched by active ingredient). Health Canada. Accessed Oct 15, 2026
  6. Therapeutic Goods (Poisons Standard—October 2026) Instrument 2026 (F2026L01327, registered 30 September 2026). Federal Register of Legislation, Australian Government. Accessed Oct 15, 2026
  7. World Anti-Doping Code International Standard: Prohibited List 2026 (in force 1 January 2026). World Anti-Doping Agency. Accessed Oct 15, 2026
  8. Elucidation of the effect of brain cortex tetrapeptide Cortagen on gene expression in mouse heart by microarray. Neuro Endocrinology Letters (2004). Accessed Oct 15, 2026
  9. Transport of Biologically Active Ultrashort Peptides Using POT and LAT Carriers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022). Accessed Oct 15, 2026