Sourcing & Handling

Research Notes

Practical guidance on sourcing, verifying, receiving and storing research materials — written for the people who handle them.

uk regulatory position

Why Some Peptides Are Prescription-Only in the UK and Others Are NotThe line is not drawn by the molecule. It is drawn by whether a product has been authorised as a medicine — and understanding that distinction explains most of what confuses buyers about UK legal status.6 min read

documentation and verification

UKAS Accreditation: What the Mark Proves, and What an Unmarked Claim Does NotA laboratory can describe itself as working to ISO/IEC 17025 without anyone having checked. Accreditation is the checking. Here is the difference, and how to verify it in about two minutes.6 min read