MHRA UK Scraper

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The MHRA products website allows you to find:

• The leaflets which are provided with medicines
• The description of the medicinal product’s properties and how it can be used
• Scientific reports about marketing authorisations for medicines

MHRA UK Scraper is a scraper for the MHRA UK website that scrapes the substance index and downloads all the PDFs.

Features

• Rich Document Metadata: Captures PL Numbers, territory, document types (SPC/PIL/PAR), creation dates, and more.
• Automated PDF Download: Saves documents directly to Apify Key-Value store with unique, sanitized keys.

who is this actor for?

• Pharmaceutical Experts: For quick access to regulatory drug information and documentation.
• Compliance & Legal Teams: To monitor and aggregate product labels and patient information leaflets.
• Data Analysts: High-scale extraction of MHRA metadata without the overhead of browser automation.

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Input

{
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://products.mhra.gov.uk/"
        }
    ],
    "maxItems": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
}

output

{
	"productName": "IBUPROFEN",
	"plNumber": "PL434610122",
	"activeSubstances": [
		"IBUPROFEN"
	],
	"fileSize": "219.12 KB",
	"docType": "PAR",
	"territory": "UK",
	"fileUrl": "https://mhraproducts4853.blob.core.windows.net/docs/c8a4c5818782db7d616d4babe78841a6a08c3055",
	"kvKey": "PL434610122_c8a4c5818782db7d616d4babe78841a6a08c3055",
	"searchScore": 1.769944,
	"highlights": [
		"Public Assessment Report  \n\n \n\nNational Procedure \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n<em>Ibuprofen</em> 200 mg Tablets \n\n \n\n<em>Ibuprofen</em> \n\n \n\n \n\nPL 43461/0122 \n\n \n\n \n\nFlamingo Pharma UK Limited \n\n\n\nPAR <em>Ibuprofen</em> 200 mg Tablets    PL 43461/0122 \n\n \n\nInformed Consent, Regulation 56 2 \n\n \n  \n\n \n\nLAY SUMMARY \n \n\n<em>Ibuprofen</em> 200 mg Tablets \n\n<em>Ibuprofen</em> \n\n \n\nThis is a summary of the Public Assessment Report (PAR) for <em>Ibuprofen</em> 200 mg Tablets.",
		"How does <em>Ibuprofen</em> 200 mg Tablets work?",
		"How is <em>Ibuprofen</em> 200 mg Tablets used?",
		"The active substance is <em>ibuprofen</em>.",
		"<em>Ibuprofen</em> has analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory \n\nproperties <em>Ibuprofen</em> inhibits prostaglandin synthesis."
	],
	"created": "2025-04-03T15:25:48Z",
	"revision": "1",
	"title": "IBUPROFEN 200 MG TABLETS - PL 43461/0122",
	"fileName": "IBUPROFEN 200 MG TABLETS (PL 43461_0122).pdf",
	"facets": [
		"I",
		"I, IBUPROFEN",
		"I, IBUPROFEN, IBUPROFEN"
	],
	"keywords": ""
}

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