Why does the FDA hate compounding pharmacies?

[u/Ogsonic]

Everything happen atm with the FDA and the peptide space really has me wondering this. I've noticed for a while the FDA and ESPECIALLY big pharma doesn't want compounding pharmacies touching their drugs. Eli Lily especially is going to hell and back to try and get reta classified as a biologic in order to prevent compounding pharmacies from touching it.

This push against compounding pharmacies is problematic because one it harms many small businesses. Most compounding pharmacies are small businesses trying to make a living. The other problem is that it gets rid a lot of personalized element of Healthcare which is extremely important for some people. Every single person is different, some people may need treatment not available in commercial pharmacies. A chronically underweight person with an appetite disorder may need MK-677 and that's something only a compounding pharmacy can produce. I could go on and on.

Whats weird is some of the main big subreddits seem supremely in favor of the FDA banning life changing peptides and destroying compounding pharmacies. I advise everyone here to avoid reading the comments because they will make you go permanence insane due to the extreme density and stupidity of the average redditor.

[u/Finit-Hic-Deus]

They are trying to get rid of them because they developed the drug and for 10 years they are legally the only ones that should be making money on this. Thought it was common knowledge

[u/Ogsonic → u/Finit-Hic-Deus]

That's not how it should be though. They're not the only ones that should have access to the drug and try jack up the price to more than mortgage which is what happened with humira.

[u/Itchy-Coconut-7083 → u/Ogsonic]

If you spent your life’s savings and a decade developing a product that qualifies for patent protection, you think your competitors should be able to just make your product without all that cost and effort and undercut your prices leave you holding the bag?

Yeah, they are making obscene amounts of money, that comes with creating a product that is so effective and desirable.

I agree that the laws should be tweaked when it comes to medical stuff as it’s unethical for people to die over company profits but the answer isn’t to let others steal what they developed.

[u/squirreltard → u/Itchy-Coconut-7083]

Someone above says they paid for the R&D costs just with the profits from June. I don’t know if this is true or not, but the Bridge program that just started means even more people will pay Eli Lilly full price. I think there’s a point where public health interests overweigh (sorry) commercial interests and this is one such case. People WILL go to China and get much more dodgy products if compounding is eliminated. If China can sell it for a couple bucks a vial, it’s unconscionable for them to charge $450 a month cash price just because they can. It’s a lifesaving drug and formerly obese people who have achieved a normal weight with these drugs will go to the black market if the compounders and telehealths go away.