# EMA EPAR Lookup — One-Shot EU Medicines Snapshot (`azureblue/ema-drug-approval-scraper`) Actor Extract EMA-approved medicines data from the official European Medicines Agency EPAR dataset. Filter by name, active substance, or authorisation status. - **URL**: https://apify.com/azureblue/ema-drug-approval-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [azureblue](https://apify.com/azureblue) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $7.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## EMA Drug Approval Scraper **Extract European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved drug data — filter by name, active substance, or authorisation status.** Downloads the official EMA EPAR (European Public Assessment Reports) dataset and returns structured JSON records with approval dates, therapeutic areas, ATC codes, and direct EMA product URLs. --- ### What does this Actor do? This Actor downloads EMA's publicly available medicines dataset (updated regularly by EMA) and filters it based on your search criteria. Unlike web scrapers that break on layout changes, this Actor uses the official Excel data export — the same source that regulators and pharma companies use. --- ### Use Cases #### 1. Pharma Market Analysis A pharmaceutical consultant needs all EMA-authorised oncology drugs approved after 2020. They set `medicineName: ""`, `status: "approved"`, then filter the output by `therapeuticArea` and `approvalDate`. The ATC code and active substance data feed directly into their competitive landscape report. #### 2. Drug Regulatory Compliance Check A hospital pharmacist wants to verify that a medicine is currently EMA-authorised before ordering. Input: `medicineName: "pembrolizumab"`. The actor returns the product name, current status, and EMA URL for the official SmPC in seconds. #### 3. Withdrawn / Refused Drug Monitoring A patient safety team monitors drugs that have been refused or withdrawn from EU market. Running `status: "refused"` or `status: "withdrawn"` monthly with no name filter returns the full list for safety alerts. --- ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Default | Description | |----------------|---------|----------|---------|-------------------------------------------------| | `medicineName` | String | No | — | Partial/full name or active substance to filter | | `status` | Enum | No | `all` | `all`, `approved`, `refused`, `withdrawn` | | `approvedFrom` | String | No | — | Only medicines authorised on/after (YYYY-MM-DD) | | `maxResults` | Integer | No | `100` | Maximum records to return (1–10,000) | #### Example Input ```json { "medicineName": "pembrolizumab", "status": "approved", "maxResults": 50 } ```` *** ### Output ```json { "productName": "Keytruda", "activeSubstance": "pembrolizumab", "status": "Authorised", "approvalDate": "2015-07-17", "therapeuticArea": "Oncology", "atcCode": "L01FF02", "productNumber": "EMEA/H/C/003820", "orphanMedicine": false, "url": "https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/keytruda" } ``` *** ### Pricing **$0.007 per record.** | Volume | Estimated Cost | |---------------|----------------| | 100 records | ~$0.70 | | 1,000 records | ~$7.00 | | 10,000 records | ~$70.00 | *** ### Technical Details - **Data source**: EMA official EPAR Excel dataset (publicly available) - **Updated**: Automatically uses the latest EMA dataset on each run - **Retry logic**: 3 retries with exponential backoff - **No API key required** - **Node.js**: v22 LTS # Actor input Schema ## `medicineName` (type: `string`): Partial or full name of the medicine or active substance to search for. Leave empty to retrieve all medicines. ## `status` (type: `string`): Filter by EMA authorisation status. ## `approvedFrom` (type: `string`): Only include medicines authorised on or after this date. Format: YYYY-MM-DD. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of medicine records to return (1–10,000). ## Actor input object example ```json { "medicineName": "ibuprofen", "status": "all", "approvedFrom": "2020-01-01", "maxResults": 100 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): Open the run's default dataset to view, filter and export the scraped items. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("azureblue/ema-drug-approval-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("azureblue/ema-drug-approval-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call azureblue/ema-drug-approval-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=azureblue/ema-drug-approval-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "EMA EPAR Lookup — One-Shot EU Medicines Snapshot", "description": "Extract EMA-approved medicines data from the official European Medicines Agency EPAR dataset. Filter by name, active substance, or authorisation status.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "j2u7Roc3AvnEwyFS2" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/azureblue~ema-drug-approval-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-azureblue-ema-drug-approval-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/azureblue~ema-drug-approval-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-azureblue-ema-drug-approval-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/azureblue~ema-drug-approval-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-azureblue-ema-drug-approval-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "medicineName": { "title": "Medicine Name or Active Substance", "type": "string", "description": "Partial or full name of the medicine or active substance to search for. Leave empty to retrieve all medicines." }, "status": { "title": "Authorisation Status Filter", "enum": [ "all", "approved", "refused", "withdrawn" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by EMA authorisation status.", "default": "all" }, "approvedFrom": { "title": "Approved From (YYYY-MM-DD)", "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$", "type": "string", "description": "Only include medicines authorised on or after this date. Format: YYYY-MM-DD." }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of medicine records to return (1–10,000).", "default": 100 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```