Pharma Quest is an educational tool resulting from a collaboration between the University of East Anglia and Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd. It was originally designed as a pack of cards to help pharmacy students at the University of East Anglia learn basic facts about the most commonly used medicines and was funded by an unrestricted educational grant by Rosemont Pharmaceuticals.

It has very quickly become clear that pharmacy, medical and nursing healthcare professionals as well as students in these fields would also benefit from learning the same information. So, to widen access and to enable learners to test their knowledge, an app seemed to be a sensible next step.