Selected passages from the FDA letter
Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.
Passage 1“Tirzepatide,” “Semaglutide,” “Retatrutide,” “SS-31 (Elamipretide),” “PT-141,” “Tesamorelin,” and “BIMORELIN” are drugs under section 201(g)(1) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1), because they are intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, and/or intended to affect the structure or any function of the body.
Passage 2No approved applications pursuant to section 505 of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. 355, are in effect for these products. Accordingly, these products are unapproved new drugs.
Citations in the original letter
As cited in this historical letter, not a statement of current regulatory requirements.
- 21 CFR 201.128