You can access the FDA Drug Approvals (Drugs@FDA) 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

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("nexgenwatch/fda-drug-approvals").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

FDA Drug Approvals (Drugs@FDA) API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use FDA Drug Approvals (Drugs@FDA) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

FDA Drug Approvals (Drugs@FDA) API in JavaScript

FDA Drug Approvals (Drugs@FDA) API through CLI

FDA Drug Approvals (Drugs@FDA) OpenAPI definition

FDA Drug Approvals (Drugs@FDA) API

FDA Drug Approval Tracker (openFDA)

data_drifter/fda-drug-approvals

Searches the openFDA API for drug approval data including NDAs, ANDAs, and BLAs. Returns drug names, sponsors, approval dates, dosage forms, routes, active ingredients, and submission details.

Curt Smith

FDA Drug Approvals Scraper API - Drugs@FDA Products

pink_comic/fda-drugs-at-fda-approvals-product-search

Search official openFDA Drugs@FDA application, product, and action records by brand, generic, sponsor, application, route, status, and date. Returns source-linked applications with nested products and submissions. FDA administrative evidence—not medical advice or proof of current availability.

Ava Torres

FDA Drug Approval & Recall Watch — Pharma Monitor

azureblue/fda-drug-approval-watch

Daily delta monitor of FDA drug approvals (Drugs@FDA) and drug recalls (openFDA enforcement) — for Pharma Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, and US market access teams. Webhook-ready alerts.

azureblue

FDA Drug Approvals Tracker — NDA/BLA/ANDA API

nexgendata/fda-drug-approvals

Track FDA drug approvals via openFDA — NDA / BLA / ANDA / supplements with priority review, breakthrough, accelerated approval, orphan drug, fast track flags. Indication, dosage form, route, manufacturer. EvaluatePharma / Citeline / GlobalData alternative for pharma analysts.

NexGenData

Fda Drug Approval Timelines Api

jeeves_is_my_copilot/fda-drug-approval-timelines-api

Public data actor with normalized output.

Alexander Abernathy

FDA Drug Approval Monitor: Whole Market or Your Companies

datasignalslab/fda-drug-approval-monitor

Every Drugs@FDA action in the window, or just the manufacturers you follow. Approvals, supplements and priority reviews, scored as regulatory catalysts.

DataSignals Lab

FDA Drug Approvals Scraper - Drugs@FDA NDA ANDA BLA

scrapers_lat/fda-drug-approvals-scraper

Extract FDA drug approvals from Drugs@FDA: NDA, ANDA (generic) and BLA (biologic) applications, sponsor, brand and generic names, active ingredients, dosage form, route, marketing status, approval dates and the full submission history. Export JSON, CSV or Excel.

Scrapers Lat

FDA Drug Approvals Scraper

parseforge/fda-drug-approvals-scraper

Scrapes FDA drug approval records from the openFDA Drugs@FDA endpoint. Each row returns the application number, sponsor, active ingredients, and approval date.

ParseForge

US Market Events Scraper (FDA, SEC, Contracts, Insiders)

claudethegoat/us-material-events-monitor

Unified daily feed of FDA drug approvals (NDA/BLA only, no generics), SEC 8-K material-event filings, $1M+ federal contract awards from USAspending.gov, and Form 4 insider buy/sell transactions from OpenInsider. One normalized JSON schema across all four high-signal US public-data sources.