Peptides / Tesamorelin / United Kingdom

Tesamorelin in the United Kingdom

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. The MHRA products register returns no result for tesamorelin or Egrifta (checked 2026-09-22), and the EU marketing-authorisation application for Egrifta was withdrawn by the company.

As understood at 2026-09-22. Verify with the MHRA.

What Tesamorelin is

Tesamorelin is a synthetic, stabilised analogue of growth hormone-releasing hormone, the hypothalamic hormone that prompts the pituitary to release growth hormone. Unlike most substances covered on this site it is an approved medicine in the United States, sold as Egrifta, for one specific indication.

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Clinical Research

Effects of Tesamorelin, a Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor, in HIV-Infected Patients With Abdominal Fat Accumulation: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial With a Safety Extension
Falutz J, Potvin D, Mamputu JC, et al. (2010). JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. human 404 people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy with excess abdominal fat, randomised, double-blind, 12 months
Effect of Tesamorelin on Visceral Fat and Liver Fat in HIV-Infected Patients With Abdominal Fat Accumulation: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Stanley TL, Feldpausch MN, Oh J, et al. (2014). JAMA. human 50 people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy with abdominal fat accumulation, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 6 months
Safety and metabolic effects of tesamorelin, a growth hormone-releasing factor analogue, in patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Clemmons DR, Miller S, Mamputu JC (2017). PLOS ONE. human 53 people with type 2 diabetes, randomised to placebo or one of two tesamorelin groups, 12 weeks
Effects of Tesamorelin on Neurocognitive Impairment in Persons With HIV and Abdominal Obesity
Ellis RJ, Vaida F, Hu K, et al. (2025). The Journal of Infectious Diseases. human 73 people with HIV, virally suppressed, with abdominal obesity; phase 2, randomised, open-label against standard of care, 6 months