Large pharmaceutical companies do not contract outside their supplier registry. Registration is a review of the company itself, not of a single project, and it is the precondition for every collaboration that follows.
The review covers what a buyer has to be sure of before any scope of work is discussed: that the company exists as it says it does, that it can invoice and be paid, and that it can be bound by a contract.
Approved supplier status is neither a partnership nor a contract. It is eligibility to be considered. It cannot be skipped, and it is also the step that takes the longest.
We are not naming the company. The registration is a confirmed fact, but permission to use the company's name is a separate matter, and we have not received it yet.
Until we do, the fact will have to speak for itself. That registry is closed, and W Labs is inside it.
Sources
Supplier registration completed January 2026; internal notice dated 2026-01-16. The client's name is withheld until permission is granted.