What is Selank?

The short answer

Selank is a peptide, a short chain of amino acids.

  • What it is

    Selank: Tuftsin-analog heptapeptide.

  • What people look into

    Brain

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What it is

Also known as
selank acetate, tp-7

Regulatory status

Not FDA-approved How we label status

As of October 4, 2026, Selank is not FDA-approved for any use and is not on FDA's 503A bulks list.

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Federal (FDA)
Not FDA-approved
503A compounding
No category (removed from Cat 2 2024-09-27: nominator meant a different substance); not on 216.23 as of 2026-10-07 (as of October 7, 2026)

Timeline

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Timeline table
DateWhat happenedSource
FDA warning letter to a compounding pharmacy states that Selank was not nominated for inclusion on the 503A bulks list.FDA, event of November 10, 2021, on fda.gov

References

Sources as of October 4, 2026

  1. Internet Archive: web.archive.org/web/20241107074712id_/https://www.fda.gov/media/94155/download
  2. FDA: www.fda.gov/drugs/human-drug-compounding/certain-bulk-drug-substances-use-compounding-may-present-significant-safety-risks
  3. FDA: www.fda.gov/media/94155/download
  4. eCFR: www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-216/subpart-B/section-216.23