Updated: 29 October 2026, 10:32 pm AEDT (Sydney) A Victorian coroner has recommended that the Therapeutic Goods Administration review the benefits and safety risks of unapproved peptides after finding that an injection triggered actor Richard Norton’s death in March 2025. Coroner David Ryan’s findings, handed down on Wednesday, 28 October, called on the medicines regulator to consider further restrictions on products such as CJC1295 and ipamorelin. The recommendation appears in the court’s published finding . Norton, 75, died at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital on 30 March 2025. Ryan found that injecting the peptides caused an anaphylactic reaction leading to cardiac arrest. The finding also recorded that Norton had been taking more than the dose prescribed by his doctor. ABC News reported that the TGA said it was continuing to assess the products’ risks and considering whether further regulatory measures were appropriate. The regulator said the unapproved peptides had not been assessed fo...