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Apothecary
Apothecary Pharma, LLC
Last reviewed 2026-06-13
Is Apothecary legit?
Apothecary is a 503B compounding pharmacy based in North Carolina. Below is what the public record shows: state licensing, FDA inspection and recall history, accreditations, and the telehealth clinics it ships for, each cited to a public source.
Regulatory record
- FDA · 2025-12-01
- Fda Warning Letter. FDA Warning Letter 717972 — sterile drugs (tirzepatide and semaglutide injectables) prepared under insanitary conditions. Inadequate adverse event reporting. Form 483 issued from May 2025 inspection; escalated to formal Warning Letter Dec 1, 2025. Source ↗
Adverse actions are sourced from public agency records and reviewed on every editorial pass.
Where Apothecary is licensed
Verified licensedLicensed, board action on fileVerified not licensedNot checked
Full state-by-state evidence ledger
State licensure, verified
- Delaware
- No license found — No Apothecary Pharma, LLC; only an expired 'Auxilium Specialty Apothecary Pharmacy' (MS). State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-13)
- Kansas
- No license found — No Apothecary Pharma, LLC; only an expired 'Auxilium Specialty Apothecary' (MS) and a cancelled 'The Apothecary Pharmacy' (MO). State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-13)
- Nevada
- No license found — No 'Apothecary Pharma' firm in the NV registry. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-13)
- Tennessee
- No license found — No 'Apothecary Pharma' facility in the TN rosters. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-13)
- New York
- No license found — No 'Apothecary Pharma, LLC' establishment; only unrelated NY apothecaries + a discontinued MS 'Auxilium Specialty Apothecary'. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- Illinois
- Active · license #004005625 · Licensed Pharmacy — Apothecary Pharma LLC, Cary NC. Unrelated 'Auxilium Specialty Apothecary' (MS, closed) excluded. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- California
- No license found — Only unrelated CA retail 'Apothecary' pharmacies (Apothecary Pharmacy LA, Sherman's, Quinn's); no Apothecary Pharma, LLC. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- Maine
- No license found — Search 'Apothecary Pharma' (Contains) returned 0 records under the Board of Pharmacy regulator. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- Michigan
- No license found — Search for 'Apothecary Pharma' returned no matching records. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- Ohio
- No license found — Search for 'Apothecary Pharma' returned 0 records. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- Rhode Island
- Active · license #DIS04103 · Drug Manufacturer-Out of State — Registered as Apothecary Pharma LLC — a Drug Manufacturer-Out of State registration, a different license category than the Pharmacy category it wasn't found under in most other states. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- New Jersey
- No license found — Search for 'Apothecary Pharma' returned no matching records. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- Oklahoma
- No license found — Search for 'Apothecary Pharma' returned only unrelated in-state OK retail pharmacies named 'Apothecary Pharmacy' (Shawnee, Mounds, Beggs, OK) and an unrelated Auxilium Specialty Apothecary Pharmacy, Inc. (Hattiesburg, MS) — no match for Apothecary Pharma, LLC. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- Virginia
- No license found — Search for 'Apothecary Pharma' returned no matching records. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- Indiana
- No license found — Search for 'Apothecary Pharma' returned no Pharmacy-type license records. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-12)
- Florida
- No license found — No Apothecary Pharma LLC (NC) record. The sole 'Apothecary' hit (PH25139) is Apothecary Pharmacy LLC, an unrelated St. Petersburg FL community pharmacy. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-11)
- Texas
- No license found — Search 'Apothecary Pharma' returned only an unrelated Missouri City TX local pharmacy; no Apothecary Pharma LLC (NC) record. State board lookup ↗ (verified 2026-07-11)
2 verified licensed · 15 verified not licensed. States not listed are unverified, not unlicensed — every row above reflects a real lookup against that state board's own portal on the date shown.
The file
- Type
- 503B · headquartered in North Carolina
- Licensed states
- 0 of 50 (unverified). The pharmacy advertises broad service but state licensure is not publicly documented.
- Accreditation
- No current accreditation on file.
- API sourcing
- Not publicly disclosed.
Every line in this file cites a verifiable public source. Full citations at the bottom of the page.
FDA inspection history
- 2025-05-15
- FDA Form 483 issued following inspection of the Cary, NC outsourcing facility conducted May 12-15, 2025. Source PDF →
- 2025-12-01
- FDA Warning Letter (CMS #717972) citing CGMP and section 503B violations for sterile compounded drugs including Tirzepatide Injection 10 mg/mL and Semaglutide Injection 2.5 mg/mL: inadequate labeling, deficient aseptic practices, products prepared under insanitary conditions, and inadequate adverse-event reporting; products deemed not eligible for 503B exemptions. Source PDF →
Recalls, trailing 24 months
No recalls in the trailing 24 months.
What the public record shows
Items from public sources (regulators, courts, the Better Business Bureau) that readers should know about. Each is cited below.
FDA issued a Warning Letter (12/01/2025) to Apothecary Pharma, LLC after a May 2025 inspection of its Cary, NC 503B outsourcing facility, citing CGMP violations for its compounded Tirzepatide and Semaglutide injectables: sterile products prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions, inadequate aseptic technique and airflow/smoke-study validation, labeling deficiencies, and inadequate adverse-event reporting; the agency concluded the products did not meet section 503B conditions and were not eligible for FDA-approval exemptions.
Clinics that contract with this pharmacy
None on file.
Sources
- Apothecary Pharma, LLC - 717972 - 12/01/2025 | FDA Warning Letter fda.gov · accessed 2026-06-13
- FDA Form 483 issued to Apothecary Pharma LLC, Cary, NC, 05/15/2025 fda.gov · accessed 2026-06-13
- Apothecary Pharma 503B Solutions (self-described fully compliant 503B outsourcing facility; HQ 1913 Evans Road, Cary, NC 27513) apothecarypharma.com · accessed 2026-06-13
- Apothecary Pharma State Licenses page (states served by the 503B outsourcing facility) apothecarypharma.com · accessed 2026-06-13
- MedShadow Foundation - Compounding Pharmacies Cited for Unsanitary Conditions and Safety Lapses (Apothecary Pharma, Cary NC; WL 12/01/2025; 483 May 12-15, 2025; tirzepatide and semaglutide) medshadow.org · accessed 2026-06-13