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IGF-1 DES: research, legal status and who sells it

This page is information, not medical advice. IGF-1 DES is not approved as a medicine in the markets below unless stated. Doses on this site are those used in published studies or on official labels, never advice for anyone's own use.

Also known as
IGF-DES, DES(1-3)IGF-1, IGF-1 DES(1-3), des-(1-3)-IGF-1
Category
Truncated analogue of insulin-like growth factor 1 lacking the first three N-terminal residues
Evidence level
Preclinical (lab and animal studies)
Price range
$36.99/mg to $99.00/mg, median $74.99/mg across 8 vendors (compare)
Our lab tests
None yet (how testing will work)
WhereStatus
United StatesNo FDA-approved drug is DES(1-3)IGF-1; the only approved recombinant IGF-1 is mecasermin, which is native-sequence IGF-1, not this analogue [1].
United KingdomNo UK-licensed medicine is DES(1-3)IGF-1; the only IGF-1 medicine in the MHRA products database is Increlex (mecasermin), native-sequence recombinant IGF-1 [2].
European UnionNo medicine containing DES(1-3)IGF-1 is authorized in the EU, according to EMA's central and Article 57 product data [3][4].
CanadaNo product containing DES(1-3)IGF-1 appears in Health Canada's Drug Product Database [5].
AustraliaNot named individually; Australia's Poisons Standard lists insulin-like growth factors in Schedule 4, with possession without authority restricted under Appendix D (clause 5) [6].
Sport (WADA)IGF-1 and its analogues are prohibited at all times under section S2 [7][8].
 Summaries of official sources, checked —. Rules change; follow the source links. Not legal advice.

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IGF-1 DES prices: cheapest listings

The five lowest $/mg listings out of 9. See all IGF-1 DES prices

Vendor Transparency Product Size Price $/mg vs median Stock Vendor's page
Geo Peptides 52/100 IGF-1 DES 1,3 1mg (USA) 1 mg $37 $36.99/mg −51% — View
Peak Lab Peptides 83/100 IGF-DES 2mg 2 mg $77 $38.50/mg −49% In stock View
Amino Asylum (aminoasylumofficial.com) Red flags 47/100 IGF-DES 1mg 1 mg $50 $49.99/mg −33% In stock Red flags
Swiss Chems FDA warning letter, Dec 2024 72/100 IGF-1 DES 1 mg 1 mg × 10 $560 $55.95/mg −25% Out of stock View
Swiss Chems FDA warning letter, Dec 2024 72/100 IGF-1 DES 1 mg 1 mg $56 $55.95/mg −25% Out of stock View

Fetched Oct 16, 2026 from vendors' public listings; shipping and discounts excluded; $/mg uses the labeled amount. How we compare prices.

Sources

  1. Drugs@FDA: FDA-Approved Drugs (database searched by active ingredient). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accessed Oct 16, 2026
  2. MHRA Products: licensed-medicine search for "mecasermin". Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (UK). Accessed Oct 16, 2026
  3. EMA medicines data: centrally authorised human medicines. European Medicines Agency. Accessed Oct 16, 2026
  4. EMA Article 57 product data: medicines authorised in the EU/EEA. European Medicines Agency. Accessed Oct 16, 2026
  5. Drug Product Database online query (searched by active ingredient). Health Canada. Accessed Oct 16, 2026
  6. Therapeutic Goods (Poisons Standard—October 2026) Instrument 2026 (F2026L01327, registered 30 September 2026). Federal Register of Legislation, Australian Government. Accessed Oct 16, 2026
  7. World Anti-Doping Code International Standard: Prohibited List 2026 (in force 1 January 2026). World Anti-Doping Agency. Accessed Oct 16, 2026
  8. Detection of LongR3-IGF-I, Des(1-3)-IGF-I, and R3-IGF-I using immunopurification and high resolution mass spectrometry for antidoping purposes (Mongongu et al., Drug Test Anal 2021). Drug Testing and Analysis / PubMed (NLM). Accessed Oct 16, 2026