You're massively misunderstanding that Reddit post, and it doesn't help that the 'HenryMedsInfo' account is misconstruing how the pharma manufacturing supply chain works.

For one, the FDA does not 'license' any manufacturer, period. They do enforce safety and quality standards, but this is not controlled through some sort of a general license, and operates on a per-facility basis.

DMF listing (which isn't a 'license') does not necessarily have any relation to whether that manufacturer is supplying a brand name provider.

The 'license' that account is posting about a complete fiction. There is not a license granted here in any government context, nor a license between NN and the manufacturers the post discusses.

> The compounders are legally selling the real thing directly to customers.

This is debatable. They are not selling 'OEM' NN product to consumers.

Also - stop talking about 'feedstock'. It's weird. It's not standard industry lingo and obscures whatever the hell it is you're talking about (precursors? lyophilized product? something else?)