Exact claim · Version 1 · Reviewed
“Melanotan II is legal because it is sold as a research chemical.”
A verdict on this wording and scope, not a universal grade for Melanotan II.
01 · Verdict
Misleading
Research-use-only wording is a marketing label, not a legal status for human use. Selling and supplying melanotan injections is illegal in the UK. Australia's regulator treats melanotan II as a prescription-only medicine that is unapproved, and issued one supplier 27 infringement notices totalling AU$101,412. That same research-chemical channel is the one whose products were found to contain roughly 43 to 88 per cent of the labelled amount plus unidentified impurities.
- Evidence basis
- Regulatory or product record
- Scope
- The legality of sale and supply, which is where enforcement in these jurisdictions is directed; it says nothing about what happens to an individual purchaser.
- Category
- Approval and status
02 · Primary record
Check the attached evidence
01Fake tan and melanotan injectionsCancer Research UK · Reference · 2026
Supports the corrective verdict02Individual issued 27 infringement notices for allegedly supplying melanotan IITherapeutic Goods Administration · Regulatory · 2024
Supports the corrective verdict03Identification and characterization by LC-UV-MS/MS of melanotan II skin-tanning products sold illegally on the internetPubMed · Drug Testing and Analysis · Reference · 2015
Supports the corrective verdict
Supports the corrective verdict02Individual issued 27 infringement notices for allegedly supplying melanotan IITherapeutic Goods Administration · Regulatory · 2024
Supports the corrective verdict03Identification and characterization by LC-UV-MS/MS of melanotan II skin-tanning products sold illegally on the internetPubMed · Drug Testing and Analysis · Reference · 2015
Supports the corrective verdict
- Editorial review
- Internal editorial review recorded
- Responsible editor
- Anthony Treviso · Founder and responsible editor
- Clinical-review boundary
- Not independently medically reviewed.