What Mediquest Pharmacy Express does

Mediquest Pharmacy Express (DBA MedQuest) is a Utah-based, privately held compounding pharmacy founded in 1996 and headquartered in North Salt Lake. The company dispenses both manufactured and customized compounded medications to patients across all 50 US states, with active pharmaceutical ingredients sourced from FDA-registered manufacturers. Its core offerings are personalized medications — hormone pellets, non-sterile dosage forms (capsules, creams, troches, tablets), and sterile injectables — tailored for patients with allergies, sensitivities, religious preferences, or specific dosing requirements that standard manufactured drugs cannot address.

MedQuest operates a dual-channel platform: a patient-facing MQRefill mobile and web application for prescription refills, Rx history, claim forms, and invoices, and a provider-facing eMedPlus e-prescribing and order management system, complemented by direct EHR e-prescribing via the SureScripts network and traditional phone/fax ordering. Orders are shipped within 24 hours of receipt. The company holds LegitScript certification as a legitimate internet pharmacy and reports 80+ pharmacy professionals on staff with 25+ years of operational experience, supporting one-on-one patient and prescriber counseling.

The business model is primarily transactional: per-prescription dispensing fees on both manufactured and compounded medications, with a recurring/relationship component on the provider side driven by the eMedPlus platform and prescriber onboarding. The customer base spans two segments — patients with unique medication needs and healthcare prescribers (physicians and nurse practitioners) — with a notable concentration in the bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) vertical. MedQuest also engages in legislative and regulatory advocacy to protect compounding-pharmacy access, positioning compliance and multi-state licensing as a core part of its value proposition.

Name

Mediquest Pharmacy Express

Legal name

Medquest

Website

https://mqrx.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Mediquest Pharmacy Express is a Utah-based, privately held compounding pharmacy founded in 1996 that dispenses customized and manufactured medications to patients across all 50 US states, serving individuals with unique medication needs and prescribers via its MQRefill app, eMedPlus portal, and SureScripts e-prescribing integration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Compounding Pharmacy Services

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110), Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing (325412)

SIC

Retail-Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores (5912), Pharmaceutical Preparations (2834)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Pharmacy & Complex Therapy Management Platforms (HLACAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medication Therapy Management (MTM) & Clinical Pharmacy Services Tools (HLACAKAH)

Keywords

• Compounding pharmacy services
• Sterile medication preparation
• Hormone replacement therapy
• Pharmacy e-prescribing platform
• Patient medication management

Headquarters

HQ city

North Salt Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Prescription Medication Dispensing: Revenue generated from dispensing both manufactured and compounded medications to patients across all 50 states. Orders are shipped within 24 hours of receipt.
2. Provider/Prescriber Services: Revenue from serving healthcare providers through eMedPlus platform, enabling electronic prescribing and prescription management for their patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mediquest Pharmacy Express is a compounding pharmacy that prepares customized medications, including sterile injections, non-sterile preparations, and hormone pellet implants, for both individual patients and healthcare providers. The company operates two complementary technology platforms: MQRefill, a patient-facing mobile app for managing prescriptions and refills, and eMedPlus, an e-prescribing system for physicians and prescribers. It dispenses these custom-compounded therapies and ships them nationwide.

Product overview

MedQuest Pharmacy Express operates as a personalized pharmacy platform offering a unified system of provider and patient-facing tools. The core portfolio centers on MQRefill (patient prescription refill app), eMedPlus (provider e-prescribing portal), and compounded medications (hormone pellets, non-sterile medications, and sterile injectables). MQRefill enables patients to manage prescriptions, access Rx history, and request refills from any device. eMedPlus allows providers to e-prescribe and manage patient medications. The compounded medication offerings are customized for individual patient needs including allergies, sensitivities, and religious preferences. The company is licensed to dispense across all 50 states and sources active pharmaceutical ingredients from FDA-registered manufacturers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MQRefill: Mobile and web application designed for easy prescription refills, providing access to Rx history, claim forms, reports, and invoices.
• eMedPlus

Products and services

• Compounded Medications Custom-compounded prescription medications prepared in a 503A-licensed pharmacy, including sterile injectables, non-sterile preparations (creams, capsules, suspensions, troches), and subcutaneous hormone pellet implants, dispensed to individual patients and provider clinics based on individualized prescriptions.
• MQRefill Mobile Application
• eMedPlus E-Prescribing Platform Healthcare-provider-facing e-prescribing platform that allows physicians, nurse practitioners, and other licensed prescribers to electronically submit, track, and manage custom-compounded prescriptions for their patients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Orders shipped within 24 hours of receipt

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SureScriptscoreTechnology or IntegrationSureScripts is a health information network that enables the electronic exchange of prescription information between pharmacies and prescribers. MedQuest participates in this network to facilitate e-prescribing for their compounding pharmacy services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vios Compounding Pharmacy: Compounding pharmacy with a focus on women's health and hormone replacement; directly comparable to MedQuest's BHRT and hormone pellet emphasis.
• Wedgewood Pharmacy: One of the largest veterinary and human compounding pharmacies in the U.S., with online prescriber ordering and a similar provider-direct GTM; relevant for scale and platform comparison.
• Empower Pharmacy: Large nationwide 503A/503B compounding pharmacy headquartered in Houston, TX; comparable scope (sterile and non-sterile compounds, multi-state licensing, BHRT focus) and a similar provider-direct model.
• Avella Specialty Pharmacy: Specialty and compounding pharmacy with multi-state reach and provider e-prescribing/portal tools; directly comparable in serving prescribers seeking customized therapies.
• Belmar Pharma Solutions: 503A compounding pharmacy based in Golden, CO, offering nationwide dispensing and provider/patient portals; MedQuest itself links directly to Belmar's careers page, indicating deep operational overlap and likely shared infrastructure.
• Koshland Pharmacy: San Francisco-based compounding pharmacy offering customized medications and prescriber services; comparable as a regional compounding peer with a provider-centric model.

Broad incumbents

• Hims & Hers Health: DTC telehealth platform operating its own pharmacy infrastructure for prescription-based digital clinics; a broader incumbent that could compete with MedQuest for the same providers and patients in hormone and personalized therapy categories.
• Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy: National pharmacy chain offering specialty and some compounded therapies; broader incumbent with overlapping dispensing and provider relationships.

Emerging players

• Alto Pharmacy: Digital-first pharmacy with a patient mobile app and provider portal offering coordinated prescription fulfillment; analogous technology-enabled ordering/fulfillment model to MQRefill.
• Capsule Pharmacy: Tech-enabled consumer pharmacy with app-based ordering and same-day delivery; comparable digital ordering experience to MQRefill, though broader non-compounding catalog.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/medquestpharmacy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/medquest-pharmacy

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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