# openFDA Drugs@FDA Applications Scraper (`neuton/openfda-drugsfda-applications-scraper`) Actor

Extract Drugs@FDA application, sponsor, product, and submission records for pharmaceutical regulatory intelligence and drug approval research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/neuton/openfda-drugsfda-applications-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ashwin Prasad](https://apify.com/neuton) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, AI, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$3.00 / 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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## openFDA Drugs@FDA Applications Scraper

Extract official Drugs@FDA application records from openFDA. This actor is useful for pharmaceutical regulatory intelligence, FDA approval research, sponsor tracking, product lifecycle monitoring, and drug application enrichment.

### Why this actor

Drugs@FDA application data is useful for pharma analysts, investors, regulatory teams, drug catalog vendors, health-tech products, and competitive-intelligence workflows. It helps connect brand names, generic names, sponsors, application numbers, submissions, approval history, documents, and product NDCs from an official public source.

SEO keywords covered by this Store page include Drugs@FDA scraper, FDA application data API, drug approval database scraper, pharmaceutical sponsor tracking, FDA submission history, ANDA NDA application data, drug product lifecycle monitoring, and pharma regulatory intelligence.

### Output

- Application number, sponsor name, brand names, generic names, manufacturer names, and product NDCs
- Products, submission count, latest submission status date, submission type, submission class, and application documents
- Source URL, raw FDA payload, and scrape timestamp

### Use cases

- Research FDA application history for branded and generic drugs
- Track sponsor portfolios and submission activity
- Enrich pharma, biotech, investor, and healthcare datasets
- Feed regulatory monitoring systems and AI agents with official FDA application data
- Join application records with openFDA labels, NDC directory, recalls, shortages, and adverse-event datasets

### Example input

```json
{
  "brandNames": ["Advil"],
  "sponsorNames": ["Pfizer"],
  "applicationNumbers": ["N020402"],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 25
}
```

### Agent and automation workflows

Send application rows to Airtable, a warehouse, Make, n8n, or vector search. Agents can summarize sponsor portfolios, group submissions by status date, prepare drug-approval research briefs, or enrich internal product records with official application metadata.

### Responsible use

This actor extracts public FDA/openFDA application data for research, enrichment, and monitoring. Do not use the output as medical, legal, or regulatory advice. Verify important decisions against FDA source records and qualified review.

### Pricing

Recommended launch pricing: $2-$3 per 1,000 application rows, increasing toward $4-$6 per 1,000 after recurring pharma research usage appears.

# Actor input Schema

## `brandName` (type: `string`):

Brand name keyword, for example Ozempic, aspirin, or Humira.

## `sponsorName` (type: `string`):

Optional FDA application sponsor keyword.

## `applicationNumber` (type: `string`):

Optional application number, for example NDA209637.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of application rows to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "brandName": "ozempic",
  "sponsorName": "",
  "applicationNumber": "",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("neuton/openfda-drugsfda-applications-scraper").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("neuton/openfda-drugsfda-applications-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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 neuton/openfda-drugsfda-applications-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,neuton/openfda-drugsfda-applications-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/LohebIT7Ukdg21E7F/builds/s4X7kMaFGXMe5T9kx/openapi.json