FDA Drug Approvals Scraper | Pharmaceutical Approvals Database
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FDA Drug Approvals Scraper | Pharmaceutical Approvals Database
Export FDA drug approval records from the official openFDA database. Includes application number, sponsor, brand name, generic name, dosage form, route, approval date, and submission type. Use custom openFDA search queries. Download as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.
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π FDA Drug Approvals Scraper
π Export FDA drug applications and supplements in seconds. Sponsors, brand names, dosage forms, submission types, and statuses, straight to CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.
The openFDA Drugs@FDA endpoint exposes every drug application processed by the FDA, including originals (NDA, ANDA, BLA) and supplements. This actor flattens those records into one row per application with the most useful submission and product metadata.
Coverage spans the entire historical Drugs@FDA dataset, with full openFDA enrichment (brand name, generic name, substance, route, manufacturer).
| π― Target Audience | π‘ Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Pharma & biotech | Competitive intelligence on approvals |
| Investment analysts | Track sponsor pipelines |
| Regulatory consultants | Monitor supplement filings |
| Journalists | Approval news coverage |
π What the FDA Drug Approvals Scraper does
- Calls openFDA
drug/drugsfdafor any search query - Returns one row per application with first submission + first product
- Surfaces openFDA enriched fields (brand, generic, manufacturer)
- Supports pagination up to maxItems
π‘ Why it matters: FDA drug status, ready for analysis without flipping through Drugs@FDA.
π Data fields
Each record includes: applicationNumber, openfdaBrandName, openfdaGenericName, results, scrapedAt, sponsorName, submissionStatus, submissionStatusDate, submissionType. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.
β οΈ Good to Know: openFDA enforces rate limits without an API key. The actor honours pagination with skip.
π How to use
- Create a free account w/ $5 credit
- Open the actor
- Set optional openFDA search query
- Run
- Download dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML
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| Actor | Description |
|---|---|
| openFDA Adverse Events Scraper | Drug adverse events |
| ClinicalTrials Scraper | ClinicalTrials.gov studies |
| Drugs.com Scraper | Drugs.com profiles |
π‘ Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection.
β οΈ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the US FDA. Only publicly available data collected.
π Need Help?
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