Is Tesamorelin legal in United Kingdom?

We found no UK marketing authorisation for tesamorelin. In the EU, the company withdrew its application (on 21 June 2012) for a licence for excess abdominal fat in HIV-related lipodystrophy. We found no UK marketing authorisation and no MHRA approval announcement for it. The MHRA Products register could not be queried directly on the day of checking, so this rests on MHRA guidance and the absence of any approval notice. UK law does not allow an unauthorised medicine to be sold or supplied, and the MHRA treats a product as a medicine if it is presented as treating disease or acts on the body through a pharmacological effect. Unlicensed 'specials' may only be supplied for an individual patient's clinical need that a licensed product cannot meet, and not for cost or convenience. Tesamorelin is similar to the body's growth hormone-releasing hormone. UKAD lists peptide hormones among the substances banned at all times in sport; we did not verify how tesamorelin is listed.