I’m seeing a lot of VC / Investor action in the (soon to be) legal peptide market:
The company behind the “steroid Olympics”, backed by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr, will begin selling injectable peptides after the US health secretary said he wanted to deregulate the experimental chemicals.
The Enhanced Games on Tuesday said it would start selling certain peptides, a broad class of chemicals that have become popular among the online fitness community and some Silicon Valley workers because of their supposed health and performance benefits.
The move comes after US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr praised peptides on Joe Rogan’s podcast last month and said the drugs regulator would make changes to make “about 14 of them . . . more accessible”.
“I’m a big fan of peptides. I‘ve used them myself and used them with really good effect,” Kennedy said.
Enhanced is expanding into the consumer health sector in advance of its inaugural sporting event set to take place in Las Vegas in May, in which athletes can compete in swimming, athletics and weightlifting with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs such as steroids.
The company is awaiting regulatory approval to list on the New York Stock Exchange through a special-purpose acquisition company. Donald Trump Jr’s 1789 Capital and Thiel are among its investors.
Read the full story: ‘Steroid Olympics’ company to start selling peptides after Kennedy signals deregulation (Financial Times)
