FDA Drug NDC & Labeler Directory Scraper

Search the FDA's public National Drug Code (NDC) Directory (openFDA) by labeler/manufacturer company name, brand name, generic (active ingredient) name, or an exact product NDC code. Returns real, current drug listing data — labeler company, dosage form, route of administration, marketing category, active ingredients, packaging, and more. HTTP-only via the public api.fda.gov REST API. No auth, no login, no proxy required.

What this actor does

• Six search modes: search by labeler/company, by brand name, by generic name, look up one exact product NDC, look up every NDC listing filed under one FDA application number (NDA/ANDA/BLA), or look up one exact package NDC
• Filters: product type, marketing category (ANDA/NDA/BLA/OTC monograph/etc.), route of administration (all 70 FDA routes), dosage form (140+ FDA forms), pharmacologic class, DEA controlled-substance schedule (CI–CV), finished-products-only
• Sorting: by marketing start date or listing expiration date, ascending or descending
• Rich company data: labeler/manufacturer name, application number, active ingredients with strengths, packaging descriptions and package NDCs, pharmacologic classes
• Empty fields are omitted — every record only contains fields openFDA actually populated

Output per listing

• productNdc — the FDA National Drug Code
• brandName, brandNameBase, genericName
• labelerName, manufacturerName
• dosageForm, route, productType, marketingCategory
• marketingStartDate, marketingEndDate, listingExpirationDate
• applicationNumber, finished, deaSchedule (only present for DEA-controlled substances)
• activeIngredients[], pharmClasses[], packageDescriptions[], packageNdcs[]
• rxcui, unii, upc — cross-reference identifiers where available
• productId, splId, splSetId — FDA Structured Product Labeling identifiers where available
• sourceUrl — direct openFDA API query URL for the record
• recordType: "ndcListing", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	searchByLabeler	searchByLabeler / searchByBrand / searchByGeneric / byProductNdc / byApplicationNumber / byPackageNdc
labelerName	string	–	Company name (required for mode=searchByLabeler; suggested value pfizer)
brandName	string	–	Brand name (mode=searchByBrand)
genericName	string	–	Generic/active-ingredient name (mode=searchByGeneric)
productNdc	string	–	Exact NDC code (mode=byProductNdc)
applicationNumber	string	–	Exact FDA application number, e.g. NDA213871 (mode=byApplicationNumber)
packageNdc	string	–	Exact package-level NDC code, e.g. 0069-0235-30 (mode=byPackageNdc)
productType	select	–	Filter by FDA product type
marketingCategory	select	–	Filter by approval/marketing category
route	select	–	Filter by route of administration (all 70 FDA routes)
dosageForm	string	–	Filter by FDA dosage form, e.g. TABLET, CREAM (case-insensitive, matches whole words within the form -- e.g. TABLET also matches TABLET, FILM COATED)
pharmClass	string	–	Filter by pharmacologic class keyword, e.g. vaccine, Opioid (case-insensitive, matches whole words)
deaSchedule	select	–	Filter by DEA controlled-substance schedule (CI–CV)
finishedOnly	boolean	false	Only finished drug products
sortBy	select	–	Sort by marketingStartDate or listingExpirationDate, ascending or descending. Default is openFDA's unsorted relevance order
maxItems	integer	50	Hard cap on emitted records (1–1000)

Example: prescription drugs manufactured by Pfizer

{
  "mode": "searchByLabeler",
  "labelerName": "pfizer",
  "productType": "HUMAN PRESCRIPTION DRUG",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: lookup by exact NDC

{
  "mode": "byProductNdc",
  "productNdc": "0069-0235"
}

Example: lookup by FDA application number

{
  "mode": "byApplicationNumber",
  "applicationNumber": "NDA213871"
}

Example: lookup by exact package NDC

{
  "mode": "byPackageNdc",
  "packageNdc": "0069-0235-30"
}

Example: newest vaccines by pharmacologic class, sorted by marketing start date

{
  "mode": "searchByGeneric",
  "genericName": "influenza",
  "pharmClass": "vaccine",
  "sortBy": "marketingStartDate:desc",
  "maxItems": 25
}

Use cases

• Pharmacovigilance & compliance — pull every NDC listing filed by a manufacturer to audit label/marketing category status
• Pharmacy & PBM systems — resolve NDC codes to brand/generic names, dosage form, and route for formulary management
• Drug database enrichment — bulk-import active-ingredient and packaging data by generic name or pharmacologic class
• Controlled-substance tracking — filter by DEA schedule to monitor scheduled-drug listings
• Market research — track new drug approvals and marketing start dates for a therapeutic class over time

Data source

Data comes from the openFDA National Drug Code (NDC) Directory, a genuinely public, free, no-authentication REST API published by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. This actor replaces an originally-planned state Secretary-of-State business search target that was found to be fully blocked by enterprise bot management (Akamai / Cloudflare Turnstile challenges) even under real headless-browser testing — openFDA offers an equivalent, reliably scrapable company/business directory search.

FAQs

Do I need an API key? No. openFDA's public endpoints work without any key for this actor's usage levels.

Can I search by company name partially? Yes — labeler/brand/generic name searches are full-text matches, so partial names work (e.g. pfizer matches Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, etc.).

Why are some fields missing from a record? Only fields openFDA has actually populated for that listing are included — no null placeholders or "N/A" values are ever emitted.