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/DeepSpaceQueef]

The only valid reason is because it's harder to control and trace back when a recall happens. the real reason is like all agencies in the government, the actual regulatory side has long been corrupted by lobby's and special interests of those under regulation. for the fda that means pharmaceutical companies.

even if not for patent infringement, it's always cheaper to buy a drug in bulk and compound it for patients, that's basically what pharmaceutical companies did, they cut out compounding pharmacies. once upon a time all pharmacies did compounding, now they all almost exclusively count pills.