The limits stated first
Not a pharmacy, no licence, no protected titles.
Birmingham · Professional and scientific activities
A name is not
A name is not
a licence.
Our name contains the word pharma. That confers nothing. We are not a pharmacy, we hold no medicines licence, we supply no medicines, and nobody here is a pharmacist. The companies registry does not check any of that, which is exactly why we state it.
- 2024formed in
- Nonelicences held
- Nota pharmacy
- Zeromedicines
What we do
The limits first, then the work
A name that sounds regulated deserves a page that says exactly what is and is not authorised.
Not a pharmacy
What the name does not mean, stated before anything else.
See the programNo medicines licence
The authorisations that medicines work requires, and which we do not hold.
See the programWhy a name proves nothing
What company registration does and does not establish.
See the programWhat we actually do
Professional, scientific and technical work that requires no regulated authorisation.
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How it works
How we work
State what the name does not mean before describing anything else, keep clear of every activity that would need an authorisation we do not hold, and refer a matter that requires a registered professional rather than taking it on.
The question classified
Whether it falls inside a regulated activity.
Work only within scope
Professional, scientific and technical.
Referral where it does not
To someone actually authorised.
Working together
What things cost
Quoted per engagement in pounds sterling after a first conversation. Nothing offered here involves medicines.
An engagement
Professional or technical work, scoped in writing.
- Scope agreed in writing
- Boundary checked first
- No regulated activity
- Referral where needed
- Written output
A boundary question
Whether something needs an authorisation at all.
- Free first conversation
- Honest about the limit
- Pointed to the right register
- No work taken outside scope
- No obligation
What we will not do
Said at the top of the page, not the bottom.
- No supplying medicines
- No dispensing of any kind
- No pharmacist title used
- No naming prescription medicines
- No acting as a pharmacy
Every engagement is quoted after a free consultation. No subscription.
How we work
Companies House checked nothing
WAA PHARMA LTD was incorporated in England and Wales on 21 October 2024 under company number 16030045, with its registered office at 182 Stoney Lane, Yardley, in Birmingham. Its registered activity is other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified. There is no pharmacy, wholesale or manufacturing activity on the record.
The name contains a word that sounds regulated, and the honest thing to do with a name like that is explain what it does not confer. We are not a pharmacy and not registered with the pharmacy regulator. We hold no manufacturer's licence, no wholesale dealer's licence and no marketing authorisation. We do not sell, supply or dispense medicines of any kind. Nobody here is held out as a pharmacist, which is a protected title whose misuse by an unregistered person is a criminal offence. More useful than any of those specifics is the general point behind them: registering a company name involves no assessment of whether the company is fit or licensed to do what the name implies. The registrar does not vet that and never claimed to, so a name is evidence of nothing beyond the fact that somebody typed it on a form. If a company's name suggests a regulated activity, the register worth checking is the regulator's rather than the company register, and it takes about a minute. Anyone who needs medicines needs a registered pharmacy, because medicines obtained outside the authorised supply chain are where falsified products come from.
Frequently asked
The questions we get most
Your name says pharma. Are you a pharmacy?
No. We are not registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council, we do not operate registered pharmacy premises and we do not sell, supply or dispense medicines of any kind. If you need medicines, you need a registered pharmacy, and the register of pharmacies is public and worth a minute of your time. We would rather put this in the first answer than leave anyone to work it out.
Do you hold any medicines licence?
No. Manufacturing medicines requires a manufacturer's licence, supplying them wholesale requires a wholesale dealer's licence, and placing one on the market requires a marketing authorisation. We hold none of them and we claim none of them. The legal page carries a placeholder where any authorisation would be recorded, and it is empty, which means exactly what it appears to mean.
How can a company be called that without a licence?
Because registering a company name involves no assessment of whether the company is licensed or fit to do what the name suggests. The registrar does not carry out that check. Thousands of company names imply activities their holders are not authorised to carry on, and that is a general feature of the system rather than a comment on anyone in particular. It is the reason a name should never be treated as a credential.
So what should I check instead?
The relevant regulator's register. For pharmacies and pharmacists that is the register maintained by the pharmacy regulator; for medicines licences it is the medicines regulator. Those registers are public, they are searchable, and they record what a company or person is actually authorised to do, which the company register does not. Checking takes about a minute and settles the question properly.
Can you advise me about a medicine I have been prescribed?
No, and not reluctantly: nothing on this site is medical, pharmaceutical or clinical advice, and nothing here should be used to decide whether to take, start, stop or change any treatment. That question belongs with a registered pharmacist, your prescriber or your doctor. We also do not name, describe or recommend any medicinal product, since advertising prescription only medicines to the public is prohibited.
What do you actually do, then?
Professional, scientific and technical work of a commercial nature, within the limits described above, and the company was formed in October 2024 so there is not much history to point at. Where a question would require a professional registration or a regulatory authorisation, we refer it rather than take it on. Knowing precisely where that boundary runs is most of the value in asking.
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