Gateway Medical Pharmacy

What Gateway Medical Pharmacy does

Gateway Medical Pharmacy is a full-service independent pharmacy headquartered in a single retail location at 1125 NE 99th Ave in Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County), serving the greater Portland metropolitan area including Gresham, Troutdale, and Happy Valley. Founded approximately in 2004, the company has operated for more than 20 years, positioning itself as a personalized alternative to large-chain pharmacies. Its operational core is a state-of-the-art compounding laboratory that produces customized prescription medications for both humans and pets, spanning hormone replacement therapy (progesterone, estrogen, testosterone, DHEA), specialized formulations such as Diltiazem 2% ointment for anal fissures, and veterinary preparations in tailored dosages and flavors for a range of species. Supporting the compounding operation, the pharmacy runs a long-term care service line providing unit-dose packaging, bubble packaging, medication delivery, drug regimen review, controlled substance logging, and cycle-fill refills to assisted living facilities, adult foster care communities, and group homes in the region.

Name

Gateway Medical Pharmacy

Legal name

Gateway Medical Pharmacy

Website

https://gatewaymedicalrx.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gateway Medical Pharmacy is a Portland, Oregon independent pharmacy specializing in custom compounded prescriptions for humans and pets and providing unit-dose packaging and medication management services to local long-term care facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Compounding Pharmacy

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110)

SIC

Retail-Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores (5912)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail & Community Pharmacies (Chain/Independent) (HLAFALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health & Pharmacy Omnichannel (CRAFAEAK)

Keywords

• Compounding pharmacy services
• Long-term care pharmacy
• Hormone replacement therapy
• Pet medication compounding
• Retail pharmacy dispensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Prescription Dispensing: Standard prescription filling services for individual patients with insurance billing and cash price options
2. Compounding Services: Custom compounded medications for patients requiring specialized formulations not available commercially
3. Long-Term Care Services: Medication management and compliance packaging services for assisted living and adult foster care facilities, including unit-dose packaging, medication delivery, and cycle-fill refills
4. Vaccine Administration: Flu, COVID-19, RSV and other vaccine appointments and administration services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gateway Medical Pharmacy is a full-service independent pharmacy in Portland, Oregon that provides custom prescription compounding for humans and pets, unit-dose compliance packaging and medication management for long-term care facilities, hormone replacement therapy compounding, vaccine administration, and Medicare plan comparison services. The pharmacy is a Marley Drug Affiliate Pharmacy offering transparent insurance-vs-cash pricing and optional mail delivery. It has operated in the Portland market for over 20 years and serves individuals as well as assisted living and adult foster care communities in the greater Portland metropolitan area.

Product overview

Gateway Medical Pharmacy is a full-service independent pharmacy in Portland, Oregon operating at the intersection of traditional prescription dispensing and specialized compounding. The core offering is its compounding lab, which produces customized medications for humans and pets in tailored strengths, dosage forms, and formulations. The pharmacy is organized around several specialty sub-products: hormone replacement therapy (including compounded testosterone, progesterone, and DHEA); pet compounding; and targeted formulations such as Diltiazem ointment. Supporting add-on services include long-term care compliance packaging for facilities, vaccine administration (flu/COVID/RSV), and a Medicare plan comparison tool. The pharmacy extends its offering through a Marley Drug affiliate relationship, adding transparent cash pricing, wholesale price list access, and mail delivery as a branded layer atop its compounding and care services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Compounding Services Custom prescription compounding service for humans and pets, creating customized strengths, dosage forms, and formulations such as allergen-free preparations, flavored medications, and alternative delivery forms in a state-of-the-art compounding lab.
• Pet Compounding Custom compounded pet medications for dogs, cats, horses, small mammals, and reptiles, including methimazole, doxycycline, prednisolone, and gabapentin, in tailored dosages and forms such as capsules, flavored solutions, creams, and suppositories.
• Long-Term Care Compliance Packaging Full-service long-term care pharmacy offering unit-dose packaging, bubble packaging, drug regimen review, medication delivery, controlled substance logging, and cycle-fill refill processes for assisted living and adult foster care communities.
• Hormone Replacement Therapy Compounding Compounded hormone replacement therapy customized per patient, including progesterone, estrogen, testosterone, and DHEA, formulated at the lowest effective dose in the appropriate dosage form for men and women.
• Compounded Diltiazem 2% Ointment Compounded Diltiazem 2% ointment (with lidocaine and gel options) for the treatment of anal fissures, offered alongside nifedipine and nitroglycerin formulations.
• Compounded Testosterone Replacement Compounded testosterone therapy for correcting low testosterone levels in males and females, including breast cancer treatment and delayed male sexual development, available in injection, oral, topical, and vaginal delivery forms.
• Compounded Progesterone Compounded progesterone for uterine lining protection during estrogen therapy, menstrual cycle support, and other hormone-related conditions.
• Vaccine Services Vaccine appointment scheduling and administration for flu, COVID-19 (Moderna), and RSV, available year-round for patients at the Portland location.
• Medicare Plan Comparison Tool Online Medicare plan comparison and enrollment tool helping patients find Medicare coverage that fits their needs, including Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage options.
• Marley Drug Affiliate Pharmacy Program Marley Drug network affiliation providing transparent cash pricing, automatic insurance-vs-cash price comparison at the counter, wholesale medication pricing for long-term medications, and optional mail delivery for pharmacy patients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 59 out of 67 patients treated with Diltiazem 2% ointment healed from anal fissures

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Marley DrugcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2025Gateway Medical Pharmacy is an Affiliate Pharmacy of Marley Drug, using the same transparent cash pricing model. They automatically compare insurance vs. cash prices at the counter and apply whichever is lower. The partnership provides access to Marley Drug's wholesale price list for long-term medications and optional mail delivery services. No changes to local pharmacy team, phone number, or in-store experience.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Guardian Pharmacy Services: Long-term care pharmacy operator focused on assisted living, memory care, and group homes with compliance packaging and facility-level service. Directly comparable to Gateway's LTC segment offering, though at meaningfully larger scale.
• Marley Drug: Online pharmacy affiliated with Gateway under shared parent Medicure Inc., offering transparent cash pricing and wholesale price list access on long-term medications. Same compounding-adjacent, price-transparent DNA; offers Gateway mail delivery and shared pricing economics.
• PharMerica: Major institutional and long-term care pharmacy serving skilled nursing and assisted living facilities nationally. Comparable to Gateway's LTC facility services line including unit-dose packaging, cycle-fill refills, and on-call pharmacist support.
• Avella Specialty Pharmacy: Specialty/compounding pharmacy offering customized formulations, hormone replacement therapy, and specialty medication management. Comparable to Gateway's compounding and HRT sub-products.
• Wedgewood Pharmacy: Specialty compounding pharmacy focused on veterinary medications for practices and pet owners. Directly comparable to Gateway's pet compounding offering across species and dosage forms.
• West Olympia Pharmacy: Sibling pharmacy also acquired by Medicure Inc. in Q3 2025 as part of the Pharmacy Business Segment expansion. Operates a comparable independent community pharmacy model with compounding and LTC services, making the most direct internal comparable.

Emerging players

• Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company: Online pharmacy offering transparent cash pricing and wholesale-plus pricing on generics. Directly comparable to the Marley Drug affiliate pricing model Gateway now offers; a structural competitor for cash-paying consumer prescriptions.
• Amazon Pharmacy: Mail-order pharmacy offering prescription delivery and price transparency through Amazon's Prime ecosystem. Pressures the same cash-paying retail prescription base that Gateway serves.

Broad incumbents

• CVS Pharmacy: Largest U.S. retail pharmacy chain with prescription dispensing, MinuteClinic, and Caremark mail delivery. Represents the big-box benchmark against which Gateway's personalization and compounding differentiation is positioned.
• Walgreens Pharmacy: National retail pharmacy chain with walk-in dispensing, vaccinations, and mail delivery. Sets the price-and-convenience benchmark that Gateway's insurance-vs-cash comparison and local service explicitly compete against.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Gateway-Medical-Pharmacy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gateway-medical-pharmacy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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