FDA Drug Shortages Monitor - openFDA Shortage Status & Updates
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FDA Drug Shortages Monitor - openFDA Shortage Status & Updates
Pull current and historical FDA drug shortage records from the official openFDA shortages API. Filter by status, generic name or company. No API key.
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Drug shortage records, easy to review
Create a structured shortage research table from the official openFDA drug-shortages endpoint. Rows retain published names, status, company, dosage details and update dates.
Open this Actor in Console · First run · Results · Cost · Full guide
Try this Actor
- Choose a small scope. Use the existing Current status prefill and maximum of fifty records for an initial sample. Add a drug-name keyword or company filter when you need a narrower result set.
- Run and review. Open the dataset's shortage table and the run's key-value-store
SUMMARYto distinguish saved results from source failures or limit stops. - Use the results. Export CSV or JSON for review, keeping published status and update dates with each record. Consult the official source before acting on a shortage record.
Read this before using the data: Published shortage status is not a real-time inventory or availability check for a particular pharmacy, location or patient. Source contact fields are not enriched or contacted.
Result preview
The dataset view highlights these columns:
- Generic drug name ·
genericName - Published shortage status ·
status - Company ·
companyName - Dosage form ·
dosageForm - Therapeutic category ·
therapeuticCategory - Published update date ·
updateDate
Use the original source links and the field definitions below when interpreting the results. CSV works well for flat columns; JSON preserves nested values.
Usage and pricing
Base result rate on the FREE tier: $2 per 1,000 results. The Pricing tab shows your plan's result rate and any Actor Start charge. Set a small result limit for the first run; the requested limit is not a guarantee of that many results.
Full guide
Pull FDA drug shortage records from the official openFDA
/drug/shortages.jsonendpoint. No API key.
What it does
Returns one row per shortage record: generic/proprietary name, company, status, dosage form, therapeutic category, update dates, and related notes.
Defaults
Empty-ish input applies status Current and maxResults 50 so Apify's daily test finishes in seconds with non-empty output.
Limitations
- openFDA keyless rate limits apply (240 req/min, 1k/day per IP without a key).
- Contact phone strings are source fields; this Actor does not enrich or dial them.
- Status vocabulary follows openFDA (
Current,To Be Discontinued,Resolved, etc.).
Result accounting
Only real source records are written to the dataset. SUMMARY.total counts saved rows. A dataset spending cap stops further writes and sets SUMMARY.stoppedOnChargeLimit and SUMMARY.incomplete. Source failures and time limits are reported in the summary; they do not generate substitute result rows.
Help with your run
Open the Issues tab on this Actor with the run URL, the input field that caused trouble and what you expected to receive. Remove API keys and private information before posting.
Understand your run
Open Run report in the run’s Output tab for saved-record counts, reported source issues and limits, and suggested next steps. Use CSV export to take the saved results into a spreadsheet. The existing JSON results and detailed machine-readable summary remain available.
The report reflects this run’s recorded coverage. A successful run or a saved result does not establish that every possible source record was collected.
