🔔 Spain AEMPS Medicines Registry (CIMA)

One record per authorized medicine from the official CIMA REST API — national code, name, laboratory, authorization status; presentation/route/document links passed through only when present, never invented.

Public, robots-honoured, keyless.

Output is one es_medicine_record row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one registry record (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.02 per registry record). Source: cima.aemps.es.

No login, no API key and no CAPTCHA solving are involved: the source is read logged-out with an identified contact User-Agent.

📊 Sample Output

Real rows from run goieb8YaW7shdvNro on build 0.1.6 (2026-09-18), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

lab_holder	lab_marketer	authorization_status	authorization_status_ts	prescription_note	pharma_form
Laboratorio Stada S.L.	Laboratorio Stada S.L.	autorizado	-118458000000	Medicamento Sujeto A Prescripción Médica. Tratamiento De Larga Duració	COMPRIMIDO
Laboratorio Stada S.L.	Laboratorio Stada S.L.	autorizado	-118458000000	Sin Receta	COMPRIMIDO
Reddy Pharma Iberia S.A.	Reddy Pharma Iberia S.A.	autorizado	1466978400000	Diagnóstico Hospitalario	COMPRIMIDO RECUBIERTO CON PELÍCULA
Glenmark Arzneimittel Gmbh	Glenmark Farmaceutica S.L.U	autorizado	1510527600000	Diagnóstico Hospitalario	COMPRIMIDO RECUBIERTO CON PELÍCULA
Kern Pharma S.L.	Kern Pharma S.L.	revocado	1774518549000	Diagnóstico Hospitalario	COMPRIMIDO RECUBIERTO CON PELÍCULA
Sandoz Farmaceutica S.A.	Sandoz Farmaceutica S.A.	revocado	1699874550000	Uso Hospitalario	COMPRIMIDO RECUBIERTO CON PELÍCULA
Laboratorio Stada S.L.	Laboratorio Stada S.L.	revocado	1653318293000	Uso Hospitalario	COMPRIMIDO RECUBIERTO CON PELÍCULA
Glenmark Arzneimittel Gmbh	Glenmark Farmaceutica S.L.U	autorizado	1631031199000	Diagnóstico Hospitalario	COMPRIMIDO RECUBIERTO CON PELÍCULA

The run finished with the status message: NORMAL: 50 unique rows (0 duplicates collapsed). billable=50

✅ What you get

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is null):

• record_type (string) — e.g. es_medicine_record
• national_code (string/null) — e.g. 42991
• name (string/null) — e.g. A.A.S. 100 mg COMPRIMIDOS
• lab_holder (string/null) — e.g. Laboratorio Stada S.L.
• lab_marketer (string/null) — e.g. Laboratorio Stada S.L.
• authorization_status (string/null) — e.g. autorizado
• authorization_status_ts (number/null) — e.g. -118458000000
• marketed (boolean/null) — e.g. True
• prescription_required (boolean/null) — e.g. True
• prescription_note (string/null) — e.g. Medicamento Sujeto A Prescripción Médica. Tratamiento De Larga Duración
• generic (boolean/null) — e.g. False
• orphan (boolean/null) — e.g. False
• biosimilar (boolean/null) — e.g. False
• additional_monitoring (boolean/null) — e.g. False
• pharma_form (string/null) — e.g. COMPRIMIDO
• routes (array/null) — e.g. ["VÍA ORAL"]
• document_links (array/null) — e.g. ["https://cima.aemps.es/cima/pdfs/ft/42991/FT_42991.pdf", "https://cima.aemps.es
• source (string/null) — e.g. spain-aemps-medicines-registry
• release_date (string/null) — null in every sample row
• source_url (string/null) — e.g. https://cima.aemps.es/cima/rest/medicamentos
• observed_at (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-18T06:17:31Z
• terminal (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• reported_total (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• raw_seen (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• duplicates (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• unique_found (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• delivered (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• scope (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• note (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row

What you get

One registry_record per entity, deduplicated on the source-native id. Fields the source does not publish are honest null. A run_receipt row carries the source URL, scope, reconciliation counts, and delivered/duplicate totals.

⚙️ Sample inputs

1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)

{
  "maxRecords": 50,
  "maxPages": 5
}

The sample run charged exactly: 1 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 50 × $0.02 registry_record = $1.02 on the Free tier — every delivered row was billed.

2. A smaller, narrowed run

{
  "maxRecords": 5,
  "maxPages": 5
}

Caps the run at 5 rows — about $0.12 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5 × $0.02).

3. A full-size run

{
  "maxRecords": 2000,
  "maxPages": 5
}

Up to 2000 rows (the schema default for maxRecords) — about $40.02 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 2000 × $0.02) if the source has that many.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run goieb8YaW7shdvNro, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

{
  "record_type": "es_medicine_record",
  "national_code": "42991",
  "name": "A.A.S. 100 mg COMPRIMIDOS",
  "lab_holder": "Laboratorio Stada S.L.",
  "lab_marketer": "Laboratorio Stada S.L.",
  "authorization_status": "autorizado",
  "authorization_status_ts": -118458000000,
  "marketed": true,
  "prescription_required": true,
  "prescription_note": "Medicamento Sujeto A Prescripción Médica. Tratamiento De Larga Duración",
  "generic": false,
  "orphan": false,
  "biosimilar": false,
  "additional_monitoring": false,
  "pharma_form": "COMPRIMIDO",
  "routes": [
    "VÍA ORAL"
  ],
  "document_links": [
    "https://cima.aemps.es/cima/pdfs/ft/42991/FT_42991.pdf",
    "https://cima.aemps.es/cima/pdfs/p/42991/P_42991.pdf"
  ],
  "source": "spain-aemps-medicines-registry",
  "release_date": null,
  "source_url": "https://cima.aemps.es/cima/rest/medicamentos",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-18T06:17:31Z"
}

🔧 How it works

Transport. Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy. robots.txt is read first and a disallowed path is never fetched. Every request carries an identified contact User-Agent.

Charging. Each registry record is charged at the moment it is pushed (registry_record); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count.

How it behaves

Pages of the CIMA medicamentos endpoint are pulled to maxRecords/maxPages; the server totalFilas is reconciled against emitted national codes. A first-page failure charges nothing.

Source

https://cima.aemps.es/cima/rest/medicamentos

What is not done. No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

💰 Pricing example

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02
Registry record (registry_record)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.01

Worked at the live Free-tier price:

• 8 registry records: $0.02 start + 8 × $0.02 = $0.18
• 25 registry records: $0.02 start + 25 × $0.02 = $0.52
• 2000 registry records: $0.02 start + 2000 × $0.02 = $40.02

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee only. A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 4096 MB.

Yield on the sample run: NORMAL: 50 unique rows (0 duplicates collapsed). billable=50. maxRecords is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target.

⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public, logged-out pages and feeds published by cima.aemps.es. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, keeps to the source's robots rules (checked on every run), identifies itself with a contact User-Agent, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key or a login?
A: No. The source (cima.aemps.es) is read logged-out; the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input; BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee only.

Q: How many rows can one run return?
A: Up to maxRecords (default 2000). Raise the cap for a bigger run; you pay per delivered row.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

Q: What formats can I export?
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

Q: How is this different from the other NexGen Watch actors actors?
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers cima.aemps.es. The siblings under Related Actors cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

Q: Are there rate limits?
A: The actor paces itself against the source and honours its robots rules; there is no per-buyer limit beyond your Apify plan's concurrency.

🆘 Troubleshooting

• Run FAILED with BLOCKED → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
• Status says CAPPED → your cap (maxRecords) was reached → raise it for a bigger run.
• Input validation error on start → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
• Run TIMED-OUT → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.

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