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Drug Shortage Tracker: Live FDA Shortage List

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Search current and recent US drug shortages by generic name or status, straight from the FDA's official openFDA shortage database. For hospital and retail pharmacy supply chain teams, and healthcare procurement checking which drugs are affected before they run out.

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You can access the Drug Shortage Tracker: Live FDA Shortage List programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {}
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("m_ctim/drug-shortage-tracker").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Drug Shortage Tracker: Live FDA Shortage List API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Drug Shortage Tracker: Live FDA Shortage List API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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