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 "id": "2026-10",
 "title": "Research Peptide Vendor Report: October 2026",
 "month": "October 2026",
 "generated": "2026-10-15T06:56:39.964Z",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)",
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   "modified": "2026-10-15T06:41:20.890Z"
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   "modified": "2026-10-15T06:55:35.994Z"
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   "modified": "2026-10-14T22:50:41.087Z"
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   {
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     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
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   {
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    "title": "FDA warning letter to Peak Performance Peptides",
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     {
      "slug": "peak-performance-peptides",
      "name": "Peak Performance Peptides",
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      "status": null
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     "title": "Peak Performance Peptides - 735127 - 08/24/2026",
     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
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   {
    "id": "2026-08-nuscience-peptides-warning-letter",
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    "type": "warning_letter",
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   },
   {
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     {
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      "name": "Wholesale Peptide",
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      "status": null
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     "title": "Wholesale Peptide - 729447 - 06/17/2026",
     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
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   },
   {
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    "title": "FDA warning letter to Gram Peptides",
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     {
      "slug": "gram-peptides",
      "name": "Gram Peptides",
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      "status": null
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     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
     "url": "https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/gram-peptides-721806-03312026"
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   },
   {
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    "date": "2026-03-08",
    "type": "closure",
    "title": "Peptide Sciences shuts down",
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     {
      "slug": "peptide-sciences",
      "name": "Peptide Sciences",
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      "status": "closed"
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     "title": "Peptide Sciences homepage (archived 8 March 2026)",
     "publisher": "Internet Archive",
     "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260308152126/https://www.peptidesciences.com/"
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   },
   {
    "id": "2026-02-mhra-lincolnshire-nottinghamshire-raids",
    "date": "2026-02-25",
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    "source": {
     "title": "MHRA disrupts second manufacturing facility suspected to be involved in the manufacture of illegal weight loss medicines",
     "publisher": "MHRA (GOV.UK)",
     "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-disrupts-second-manufacturing-facility-suspected-to-be-involved-in-the-manufacture-of-illegal-weight-loss-medicines-in-latest-blow-to-criminal-ne"
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   },
   {
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     {
      "slug": "science-bio",
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      "status": "closed"
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    ],
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     "title": "Science.bio homepage (archived 8 February 2026)",
     "publisher": "Internet Archive",
     "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260208113756/https://science.bio/"
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   },
   {
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    "title": "MHRA dismantles an illicit weight-loss injection factory in Northampton",
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    "source": {
     "title": "MHRA smashes major illicit weight loss medicine production facility in record seizure",
     "publisher": "MHRA (GOV.UK)",
     "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-smashes-majorillicitweight-loss-medicine-production-facility-in-record-seizure"
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   {
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    "date": "2025-02-26",
    "type": "warning_letter",
    "title": "FDA warning letter to USApeptide.com",
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     {
      "slug": "usa-peptide",
      "name": "Usa Peptide",
      "in_registry": false,
      "status": null
     }
    ],
    "source": {
     "title": "USApeptide.com - 696885 - 02/26/2025",
     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
     "url": "https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/usapeptidecom-696885-02262025"
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   },
   {
    "id": "2024-12-xcel-peptides-warning-letter",
    "date": "2024-12-10",
    "type": "warning_letter",
    "title": "FDA warning letter to Xcel Research LLC (Xcel Peptides)",
    "vendors": [
     {
      "slug": "xcel-peptides",
      "name": "Xcel Peptides",
      "in_registry": true,
      "status": "live"
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    ],
    "source": {
     "title": "Xcel Research LLC - 694608 - 12/10/2024",
     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
     "url": "https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/xcel-research-llc-694608-12102024"
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   },
   {
    "id": "2024-12-swiss-chems-warning-letter",
    "date": "2024-12-10",
    "type": "warning_letter",
    "title": "FDA warning letter to Swisschems",
    "vendors": [
     {
      "slug": "swiss-chems",
      "name": "Swiss Chems",
      "in_registry": true,
      "status": "live"
     }
    ],
    "source": {
     "title": "Swisschems - 695663 - 12/10/2024",
     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
     "url": "https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/swisschems-695663-12102024"
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   },
   {
    "id": "2024-12-summit-research-peptides-warning-letter",
    "date": "2024-12-10",
    "type": "warning_letter",
    "title": "FDA warning letter to Summit Research Peptides",
    "vendors": [
     {
      "slug": "summit-research-peptides",
      "name": "Summit Research Peptides",
      "in_registry": false,
      "status": null
     }
    ],
    "source": {
     "title": "Summit Research Peptides - 695607 - 12/10/2024",
     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
     "url": "https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/summit-research-peptides-695607-12102024"
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   },
   {
    "id": "2024-12-prime-peptides-warning-letter",
    "date": "2024-12-10",
    "type": "warning_letter",
    "title": "FDA warning letter to Prime Vitality, Inc. (Prime Peptides)",
    "vendors": [
     {
      "slug": "prime-peptides",
      "name": "Prime Peptides",
      "in_registry": true,
      "status": "blocked"
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    ],
    "source": {
     "title": "Prime Vitality, Inc. dba Prime Peptides - 695156 - 12/10/2024",
     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
     "url": "https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/prime-vitality-inc-dba-prime-peptides-695156-12102024"
    }
   },
   {
    "id": "2024-02-us-chem-labs-warning-letter",
    "date": "2024-02-07",
    "type": "warning_letter",
    "title": "FDA warning letter to US Chem Labs",
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     {
      "slug": "us-chem-labs",
      "name": "Us Chem Labs",
      "in_registry": false,
      "status": null
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    ],
    "source": {
     "title": "US Chem Labs - 669074 - 02/07/2024",
     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
     "url": "https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/us-chem-labs-669074-02072024"
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   },
   {
    "id": "2024-02-helix-chemical-supply-warning-letter",
    "date": "2024-02-07",
    "type": "warning_letter",
    "title": "FDA warning letter to Synthetix Inc. (Helix Chemical Supply)",
    "vendors": [
     {
      "slug": "helix-chemical-supply",
      "name": "Helix Chemical Supply",
      "in_registry": false,
      "status": null
     }
    ],
    "source": {
     "title": "Synthetix Inc. DBA Helix Chemical Supply - 668918 - 02/07/2024",
     "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
     "url": "https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/synthetix-inc-dba-helix-chemical-supply-668918-02072024"
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   "closure": 4,
   "raid": 4
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   "name": "Paradigm Peptide (paradigm-peptide.com)",
   "domain": "paradigm-peptide.com",
   "status": "live",
   "registered": "2025-04-22",
   "kind": "name",
   "flag": "Trades under a near-identical name to Paradigm Peptides, whose owners pleaded guilty to federal charges; domain registered 2025-04-22; the site says it is not affiliated",
   "page": "/vendors/paradigm-peptide-com/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "aminoasylumofficial-com",
   "name": "Amino Asylum (aminoasylumofficial.com)",
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   "status": "live",
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   "kind": "name",
   "flag": "Domain registered 2026-05-19, after the original Amino Asylum closed (reported June 2025); no evidence it's the same business",
   "page": "/vendors/aminoasylumofficial-com/"
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  {
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   "domain": "stratelabs.is",
   "status": "closed",
   "registered": "2026-07-10",
   "kind": "domain",
   "flag": "Former domain stratelabs.is was re-registered on 2026-07-10 and now redirects to a different seller (glpeptides.is)",
   "page": "/vendors/strate-labs/"
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  {
   "slug": "amino-asylum",
   "name": "Amino Asylum",
   "note": "Reported shut down after a June 2025 FDA raid, per secondary sources; no FDA or DOJ release found. Site check 2026-10-15: redirects to peptidecoupons.com.",
   "page": "/vendors/amino-asylum/"
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  {
   "slug": "chameleon-peptides",
   "name": "Chameleon Peptides",
   "note": "Site check 2026-10-15: homepage: \"Chameleon Peptides is Closed Customer archive Chameleon Peptides is Closed\".",
   "page": "/vendors/chameleon-peptides/"
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  {
   "slug": "paradigm-peptides",
   "name": "Paradigm Peptides",
   "note": "The owner and a co-defendant pleaded guilty on 2025-12-10 in the Northern District of Indiana to introducing unapproved drugs into interstate commerce; local news reports the owner was sentenced on 2026-07-30 to 70 months in prison. A newer, unaffiliated site using the name says the original store closed about two years ago. Site check 2026-10-15: bot-protection challenge.",
   "page": "/vendors/paradigm-peptides/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "peptide-sciences",
   "name": "Peptide Sciences",
   "note": "Reported closed in March 2026 by several industry newsletters and directories; the domain now serves a bot-protection page, so we could not read the site. Site check 2026-10-15: bot-protection challenge.",
   "page": "/vendors/peptide-sciences/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "science-bio",
   "name": "Science.bio",
   "note": "Science.bio's homepage says it has permanently closed and discontinued research products; a community post dates the closure to 2026-01-27. Site check 2026-10-15: homepage: \"Science Bio — Permanently Closed After careful consideration, Science.bio has\".",
   "page": "/vendors/science-bio/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "soma-chems",
   "name": "Soma Chems",
   "note": "Site check 2026-10-15: homepage: \"Soma Chems Our store is no longer accepting new orders. Thanks for your support! Manage Orders Or send\".",
   "page": "/vendors/soma-chems/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "strate-labs",
   "name": "Strate Labs",
   "note": "Community posts and a directory article report Strate Labs wound down around July 2026. Its domain stratelabs.is shows a registration date of 2026-07-10 although it was archived from 2025-07-22, so it was re-registered, and it now redirects to an unrelated store (glpeptides.is). Site check 2026-10-15: redirects to glpeptides.is.",
   "page": "/vendors/strate-labs/"
  }
 ]
}