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Brandon Eisenlauer returns to DDT Method after spending 3-4 years on both the front-end and back-end of the peptide industry. He's now the founder of Adera State, a brand built to drag peptides out of the research-chem vial era and into the mainstream — through transdermals, nasal sprays, pouches, and blends engineered with a pharmaceutical-chemistry R&D team.
In this episode, Brandon and Drew lay out exactly how the peptide and supplement industries are about to be rewritten — what stays, what dies, and the 18-month window before everything changes. They get into why "feeling it" is the worst way to judge a peptide, why pharma is often ahead of the biohacking space (not behind it), and what the next generation of mainstream-friendly peptide products actually looks like.
Key Takeaways:
- The peptides everyone's stacking that Brandon says is already behind the curve
- Why "feel" is one of the worst ways to judge whether a peptide is working
- The 18-month window before the supplement industry looks nothing like it does today
- The molecular size cutoff that determines whether a peptide can go transdermal — and what to do above it
- Why a 60-70% effective topical can beat a 100% effective injectable for most users
- What RFK actually means for peptide access — and why it's not what the research community thinks
- The unspoken reason injectable GLPs and topicals are heading in opposite regulatory directions
- The new Adera State product Brandon is most excited about (and the unusual delivery vehicle behind it)
- The "social performance" stack he gives to people who need to be on for work
- Where the research-chem industry actually ends up by 2027
Connect with Brandon:
Adera State: https://aderastate.com
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Connect with Drew Donaldson:
DDT Method School: https://www.skool.com/ddtmethod
Coaching: https://ddtmethod.com/application