Editorial policy
The standard behind Apex's peptide science, wellness, regulatory and laboratory-quality articles. Effective 28 August 2026.
Purpose
The Apex Research & Wellness Journal helps readers distinguish approved medicines, investigational compounds, cosmetic or supplement ingredients and laboratory-only materials. Articles are educational. They do not diagnose, prescribe, recommend a compound, or provide dosing, reconstitution or self-administration instructions.
Sources and evidence hierarchy
We prioritize Indonesian regulators for Indonesian status, official medicine labels, trial registries, primary peer-reviewed research and recognized standards bodies. Foreign regulatory decisions are labelled as foreign context. Mechanistic, animal and early human evidence is not presented as confirmatory clinical proof.
Authorship and review
Launch articles are authored by the Apex Editorial Team as an organization. No named clinician or pharmacist review is claimed unless a real reviewer has reviewed the exact article and their identity, role and credentials have been verified. The absence of medical review is displayed on each launch article.
AI assistance
AI tools may assist with research organization, outlines, drafting and consistency checks. Each article must be checked against its cited material before publication. The launch collection was prepared with AI assistance and has not received independent clinician, pharmacist or specialist review. Apex remains accountable for what it publishes, and AI output is never represented as expert medical opinion.
Commerce and conflicts
Apex operates a research-compound catalogue. Editorial pages must not convert research materials into wellness-treatment recommendations. Where an article discusses a compound that appears in the catalogue, approval, evidence and safety limitations remain explicit. No payment can purchase a favorable scientific conclusion.
Updates and corrections
Regulatory and investigational-product articles are dated and should be reviewed when material evidence or status changes. Substantive corrections update the modified date and are handled under the corrections policy.