# SAHPRA Regulatory Monitor (`medicaputare-owner/sahpra-watcher`) Actor Monitors the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) for safety alerts, drug recalls, regulatory changes, and public notices. Designed for pharma compliance, regulatory affairs, and competitive intelligence teams. - **URL**: https://apify.com/medicaputare-owner/sahpra-watcher.md - **Developed by:** [Medicaputare](https://apify.com/medicaputare-owner) (community) - **Categories:** Agents, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 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 ## SAHPRA Regulatory Monitor — Apify Actor Monitors the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) for safety alerts, drug recalls, regulatory changes, and public notices. Designed for pharma compliance, regulatory affairs, and competitive intelligence teams. ### Quick Start 1. **Run with defaults** — click "Run". The actor checks all 6 SAHPRA pages on each execution. 2. **First run** outputs all current items as "new" (acts as baseline) 3. **Subsequent runs** only output **new or changed** items (change detection via SHA256 hash) 4. **Get structured JSON** via Apify API — integrate into any compliance workflow ### Sources Monitored | Source | URL | Category | |--------|-----|----------| | Safety Alerts | https://www.sahpra.org.za/safety-alerts/ | Safety signals, drug interactions | | Product Recalls | https://www.sahpra.org.za/product-recalls/ | Recall notices | | Latest News | https://www.sahpra.org.za/latest-news-updates/ | Regulatory updates | | Communication to Industry | https://www.sahpra.org.za/communication-to-industry/ | Industry guidance | | Documents for Comments | https://www.sahpra.org.za/documents-for-comments/ | Draft regulations (includes deadlines) | | Safety Information | https://www.sahpra.org.za/safety-information-and-updates/ | Safety updates | ### Output Schema Each alert item: ```json { "source": "safety_alerts | product_recalls | news | industry_comm | documents_for_comment | safety_info", "title": "Warfarin and Tramadol – Harmful Drug-Drug Interaction", "url": "https://www.sahpra.org.za/safety-alerts/...", "published_date": "2025-06-06", "detected_date": "2026-07-04T14:00:00Z", "summary": "SAHPRA informs healthcare professionals...", "category": "safety_signal | recall | regulatory_change | public_comment", "products_affected": [], "is_new": true, "change_type": "new | update" } ```` ### Pricing - **Pay-per-event:** $0.005 per alert item - **Rental:** $19/month (includes daily scheduled runs) ### Output Notes - **Domain consistency:** Most sources return `sahpra.org.za` URLs. The `documents_for_comment` source links to `sahpraza.sharepoint.com` (SharePoint) — published by SAHPRA as their document management endpoint. - **Products field:** `products_affected` extracted from item titles. Recall notices use the full product name; safety alerts use individual medicine names. - **Item ID:** 16-character hex `id` derived from URL + title. Stable across runs for deduplication. ### Who Is This For? - **Pharma companies** — monitor competitor registration activity, recall alerts - **Regulatory affairs teams** — get notified when SAHPRA opens public comment periods - **Compliance officers** — track safety signals and medicine interactions - **Generics manufacturers** — watch for regulatory changes affecting product pipelines ### Deployment Deployed on Apify Cloud. Requires Apify account. ```bash npm install -g apify-cli apify login apify push ``` ### License Proprietary — Medicaputare (Pty) Ltd ## Actor input object example ```json {} ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("medicaputare-owner/sahpra-watcher").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${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("medicaputare-owner/sahpra-watcher").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 medicaputare-owner/sahpra-watcher --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=medicaputare-owner/sahpra-watcher", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "SAHPRA Regulatory Monitor", "description": "Monitors the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) for safety alerts, drug recalls, regulatory changes, and public notices. 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