It seems to me that medical claims or the absence of medical claims would be relevant to the first definition, but not to the second definition. Peptides used for body-building purposes, [for example], are a substance that may be used by human beings with a view to modifying a physiological function by exerting a metabolic action. An MHRA spokesperson pushed back on this interpretation, stating: Case law has established that products which have the effect of modifying physiological function while having no beneficial effect on human health do not meet the definition of a medicinal product. Michael Saul, partner at Cosmetic Surgery Solicitors, expressed serious concerns over what he described as a deliberately ambiguous space and a regulatory middle zone that has formed in relation to injectable peptides
Consequently, drug delivery limitations significantly hinder clinical progress (16), and enhancing the stability of these bioactive agents within food matrices and during their passage through the GIT remains a critical challenge (12)
Cell 184 , 32223241 e3226 (2021)
Key points Systemic vasculitis, including anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, large-vessel vasculitis and Behet syndrome, is frequently complicated by arterial or venous thrombotic events
1,2 Aches, stiffness, soft-tissue tenderness, fatigue, sleep disturbances, anxiety, and cognitive dysfunction are among the symptoms of fibromyalgia
