Where to buy ARA-290 (cibinetide) in the UK: the sellers with a verifiable COA
The newest verifiable ARA-290 certificate on any UK seller's website is on Lab77Peptides (lab77peptides.uk), analysed 28 Sep 2026 (task #237376 on Janoshik's site); 1 verified seller holds one covering ARA-290, listed newest first below. Of the 446 active UK sellers we audit, 38 (9%) publish their own verifiable Janoshik certificate of analysis, and this page lists which of them hold one covering ARA-290, newest certificate first. It is a record of paperwork, not a recommendation: The Peptide Watch sells nothing, takes no money from sellers and links to none of them. ARA-290 is an 11-amino-acid peptide modelled on part of the erythropoietin molecule and now officially named cibinetide. Its developer took it to phase 2 trials and we found no approval for it as a medicine anywhere we checked, so a certificate is the only checkable fact about a vial sold in the UK. Purity and identity cannot be judged by eye, so an independent certificate you can check is the only real proof of what is in the vial.
The one test that matters for ARA-290
Ignore the marketing. The question is simple: does the seller publish a verifiable Janoshik certificate that names the seller itself as the client? If it does, you can confirm an independent lab tested that batch. If it shows an in-house document, a borrowed certificate, or "COA on request", you cannot. Learn the two-minute check in how to verify a Janoshik COA.
Which UK sellers publish a verifiable COA
Of the 446 active UK research-peptide sellers we audit, only 38 (9%) publish their own verifiable Janoshik certificate. Any of them is where you can actually verify testing, for ARA-290 or any compound. A few: Lab77Peptides · Peptology Labs · Biovanta · Camo Chem · Biohackpeptides · Zenic Labs. See the full independently-tested list, or check a specific shop's certificate with the free COA Checker.
Verified UK vendors with a confirmed ARA-290 Janoshik certificate (1)
- Lab77Peptides lab77peptides.uk · newest ARA-290 report 28 Sep 2026 · task #237376
Audit findings, not recommendations. Every entry is a report covering ARA-290 that we opened on Janoshik's own site and that names the seller itself as the client; the date is the analysis date printed on the report where we have read it, otherwise the date the laboratory received the sample. The table below is the same ledger in full, so the two always agree. Not exhaustive: a vendor whose ARA-290 report we have not yet read is not listed.
The one verifiable ARA-290 certificate we have read
Each row was opened on Janoshik's own site by a real page load and transcribed. The client column is the name the laboratory printed; a certificate counts as a seller's own only when that name is the seller. The report date is the analysis date printed on the report where we have read it, otherwise the date the laboratory received the sample. The verify link opens the laboratory, never the shop. Audit findings, not recommendations.
| Seller | Task | Client on the report | Report date | Result | Batch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lab77Peptides | #237376 | Lab77peptides.uk | 28 Sep 2026 | ARA-290 · 11.22 mg · 99.000% | L77ara2901226 | verify |
What the one ARA-290 certificate shows
We have read one Janoshik report covering ARA-290, published by one UK seller. It was opened on Janoshik's own website and names the seller itself as the client. It is dated 28 Sep 2026.
One report gives a purity figure for ARA-290: 99.000%. A purity figure describes the sample the laboratory received, not every vial from that batch.
Read directly from the newest report: Lab77Peptides: task #237376, analysed 28 Sep 2026, 11.22 mg recovered at 99.000%, client Lab77peptides.uk.
A certificate is a batch document. The lines that matter are the compound (it must say ARA-290, not only a batch code), the client (the shop, not its supplier) and the analysis date. A new batch is untested until a new report appears.
Questions people ask
Which UK sellers publish a verifiable Janoshik certificate naming ARA-290?
As of 29 September 2026, one: Lab77Peptides. It has a report on Janoshik's own website that names the seller as the client and lists ARA-290. That is a statement about paperwork, not a recommendation; The Peptide Watch does not recommend anywhere to buy ARA-290.
How recent is the newest ARA-290 certificate from a UK seller?
The newest we have read is Janoshik task #237376, analysed 28 Sep 2026. It is published by Lab77Peptides and names it as the client. A certificate covers one batch, so an old one says little about stock on sale today.
How do I check that a certificate for ARA-290 is genuine?
Four things: an independent laboratory is named; the client field names the seller you are buying from, not a supplier; the compound line says ARA-290; and the report's task number and key open the same report on the laboratory's own website (verify.janoshik.com). A branded PDF with no laboratory name and no verification code fails on the first check, however professional it looks. The free COA Checker on this site runs the checks for you.
Is ARA-290 a licensed medicine in the UK?
We found no licensed ARA-290 or cibinetide medicine in the UK: neither the MHRA products site nor the emc lists one. Sold as a research chemical. Reached phase 2, including a 64-person phase 2b trial published in 2017. It holds orphan designations from the FDA and the European Commission, which are not approvals. No registered trial has started since 2016 and we found no approval anywhere we checked. The Peptide Watch does not give legal or medical advice.
Why does The Peptide Watch not say where to buy ARA-290?
Because the site records paperwork, not recommendations. A verifiable certificate proves that a sample of one batch was tested. It does not prove the vial you receive matches it, and it says nothing about whether anyone should use ARA-290. Listing which sellers publish a certificate you can check, and which publish nothing, is as far as the evidence goes.
What the research shows for ARA-290, and what it does not
| Papers on PubMed | 128 |
|---|---|
| Indexed as rat or mouse studies | 68 |
| Indexed as clinical trials | 5 |
| Published since 2020 | 46 |
| Trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov | 4 |
A fragment modelled on erythropoietin. ARA-290, now officially named cibinetide, is an 11-amino-acid peptide designed by Michael Brines and Anthony Cerami and first described in PNAS in 2008. Cerami's company, Araim Pharmaceuticals, took it into clinical trials.
It reached phase 2 and has no approval. The largest trial was a 64-person phase 2b study in people with sarcoidosis and small nerve fibre loss, published in 2017. Smaller phase 2 studies ran in type 2 diabetes and, in Belfast, in diabetic macular oedema; the Belfast trial was terminated when the study drug expired. It holds orphan designations from the FDA and the European Commission, and the European Medicines Agency's own page says "an orphan designation is not a marketing authorisation". ClinicalTrials.gov lists no trial started since 2016.
No longer named on the WADA list. WADA's 2017 Prohibited List named ARA-290 as an example. WADA removed it for 2018, saying "current literature suggests it does not meet inclusion criteria", and the 2026 list does not name it. PubMed indexes 128 papers, 68 of them in rats or mice and 5 clinical-trial reports.
Who owns ARA-290, and where it stands
| Originator | Michael Brines, Anthony Cerami and colleagues at Warren Pharmaceuticals and the Kenneth S. Warren Institute, Ossining, New York; first described in PNAS in August 2008. |
|---|---|
| Rights | Araim Pharmaceuticals, founded by Anthony Cerami, is the sponsor on all four FDA orphan designations. The EU orphan designation is held by Araim Pharmaceuticals Europe Limited of Ireland. |
| Patent | US 8,071,554, Tissue protective peptides and uses thereof, granted 6 December 2011. Recorded as lapsed from 6 December 2023 for non-payment of maintenance fees. |
| Development status | Reached phase 2, no approval. Reached phase 2, including a 64-person phase 2b trial published in 2017. It holds orphan designations from the FDA and the European Commission, which are not approvals. No registered trial has started since 2016 and we found no approval anywhere we checked. |
| Clinical trials | 4 registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (lead sponsors: Araim Pharmaceuticals, Leiden University Medical Center, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust) |
| In the UK | We found no licensed ARA-290 or cibinetide medicine in the UK: neither the MHRA products site nor the emc lists one. Sold as a research chemical. |
Counts are from PubMed on 29 September 2026 using the queries recorded in our evidence file; "clinical trial" is PubMed's own publication-type index. This is a description of the published record, not medical advice and not an argument for or against use.
Sources (11)
- Nonerythropoietic, tissue-protective peptides derived from the tertiary structure of erythropoietin. (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2008, PMID 18676614)
- Safety and efficacy of ARA 290 in sarcoidosis patients with symptoms of small fiber neuropathy: a randomized, double-blind pilot study. (Mol Med, 2012, PMID 23168581)
- ARA 290 improves symptoms in patients with sarcoidosis-associated small nerve fiber loss and increases corneal nerve fiber density. (Mol Med, 2013, PMID 24136731)
- ARA 290, a nonerythropoietic peptide engineered from erythropoietin, improves metabolic control and neuropathic symptoms in patients with type 2 diabetes. (Mol Med, 2015, PMID 25387363)
- Cibinetide Improves Corneal Nerve Fiber Abundance in Patients With Sarcoidosis-Associated Small Nerve Fiber Loss and Neuropathic Pain. (Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 2017, PMID 28475703)
- A Phase 2 Clinical Trial on the Use of Cibinetide for the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema. (J Clin Med, 2020, PMID 32674280)
- European Medicines Agency, orphan designation EU/3/13/1191 (cibinetide)
- US FDA, Orphan Drug Designations and Approvals database (search by sponsor: Araim)
- US patent 8,071,554
- WADA, 2018 Prohibited List, Summary of Major Modifications
- WADA, 2026 Prohibited List
The Peptide Watch's position on ARA-290
We found no licensed ARA-290 or cibinetide medicine in the UK: neither the MHRA products site nor the emc lists one. Sold as a research chemical. The Peptide Watch reads the certificates UK sellers publish and does not recommend anywhere to buy ARA-290. Sellers on this page are listed by the date of their newest ARA-290 certificate and by nothing else. If you can verify a seller's testing, you can at least judge its evidence; if you cannot, you are taking the seller's word for what is in the vial. See how UK testing compares across every seller in the market statistics.
An honest note: a verifiable certificate proves a sample of a batch was tested, not that the specific vial you receive matches it, see what this can and can't tell you. The Peptide Watch sells no ARA-290 and links to no shop; this is research-use-only information, not medical or dosing advice.
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