Gifthealth Celebrates Mesa Grand Opening
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Gifthealth celebrated the grand opening of its new pharmacy in Mesa. The launch marks the company’s expansion into the Southwest. The 43,000-square-foot facility will create up to 200 highly skilled jobs. Advanced robotics will process as many as 28,000 medications each day. Gifthealth will partner with UPS and use RFID scanning and twin packaging technology, improving accuracy and prescription tracking nationwide. Automation will boost capacity, efficiency, and quality. Gifthealth’s Digi+Hub model combines digital pharmacy speed with hub flexibility to reduce delays and help more patients start and stay on therapy.

MESA, AZ (January 8, 2026) – Gifthealth, a unified digital pharmacy platform, today celebrated the grand opening of its state-of-the-art pharmacy located in Mesa, Arizona. The new pharmacy represents a significant milestone, marking Gifthealth’s expansion into the Southwest.

The 43,000-square-foot facility will support up to 200 new, highly-skilled jobs. The Mesa Gifthealth pharmacy will incorporate state-of-the-art robotic assisted processing of up to 28,000 medications per day. Gifthealth will partner with UPS and utilize a new RFID scanning and twin packaging technology that will allow medications to be delivered faster, more accurately and tracked in real time to patients nationwide. Automation will help Gifthealth increase capacity, efficiency, and quality of the products shipped. Gifthealth’s Digi+Hub model merges the speed of digital pharmacy with the flexibility of hub services, eliminating friction, reducing delays, and ensuring more patients start and stay on therapy.

“This grand opening is a pivotal moment in our mission to simplify and unify the entire patient prescription journey,” said Chip Parkinson, CEO of Gifthealth. “The Mesa facility significantly enhances our national capacity, allowing us to deliver a fast, reliable, and truly frictionless experience to millions of patients who depend on us for their care.”

“Gifthealth’s Mesa pharmacy strengthens Arizona’s reputation as a destination for the world’s most innovative health care companies,” said Sandra Watson, President and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority. “With its new state-of-the-art pharmacy, Gifthealth joins a thriving health care and bioscience ecosystem in Arizona while creating skilled jobs in a rapidly growing industry.”

“Mesa continues to be a destination for innovative companies that are shaping the future of health care,” said Mesa Mayor Mark Freeman. “Gifthealth’s new pharmacy advances technology that improves efficiency, accuracy, and patient outcomes nationwide.”

“I’m excited to welcome Gifthealth to the rapidly growing business community of southeast Mesa,” said Vice Mayor Scott Somers. “With up to 200 new jobs and state-of-the-art, robotics-assisted processing, this grand opening is another strong step toward our goal of attracting 100,000 high-wage, high-quality jobs to Mesa.”

Founded in 2020, Gifthealth is the first single partner platform to offer Direct to Patient (DTP) at scale – which has served more than six million patients to date. Gifthealth offers solutions including controlled, reliable dispensation, rapid, nationwide delivery to 88% of U.S. zip codes, guaranteed patient access and scalable capacity.

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About Gifthealth

Gifthealth is a patient access solution that unifies the prescription journey from provider to patient—combining access, fulfillment, and patient services into one frictionless, branded experience. Our Digi+Hub model merges digital pharmacy speed with flexible hub services, helping more patients get on therapy faster, stay on therapy longer, and deliver better outcomes for brands and providers alike. Gifthealth operates dispensing pharmacies and a nationwide partner network to deliver consistent on-therapy outcomes at scale.

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