Legal status, what it is, and the listed suppliers in the United Kingdom that list it.
Legal status in the United Kingdom
Not an approved medicine. Investigational.
As understood at 2026-09-25. Verify with the MHRA.
What Retatrutide is
Retatrutide is a synthetic peptide developed by Eli Lilly that acts on three hormone receptors at once: GLP-1, GIP and glucagon. It is an investigational drug in phase 3 clinical trials for obesity and type 2 diabetes and is not yet licensed anywhere. Its long duration of action comes from a fatty-acid chain attached to the peptide.
Bajaj HS, Welch M, Shah P, et al. (2026). The Lancet. human humans, n=537, phase 3 randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial (48 sites in the USA, Mexico and India)
Coskun T, Wu Q, Schloot NC, et al. (2025). The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. human adults with type 2 diabetes, phase 2 substudy, n=189 enrolled (103 with paired DXA scans)
Marathe SJ, Bohm MS, Powell Z, et al. (2025). Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (SITC 2025 abstract supplement). animal diet-induced obese male C57BL/6J mice with implanted pancreatic tumour cells, n=10 per group