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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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💊 FDA Drug Approvals Scraper

🚀 Export FDA drug applications and supplements in seconds. Sponsors, brand names, dosage forms, submission types, and statuses, straight to CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-25 · 📊 21 fields per record · All Drugs@FDA records · Original + supplemental

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).

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Pharma & biotech	Competitive intelligence on approvals
Investment analysts	Track sponsor pipelines
Regulatory consultants	Monitor supplement filings
Journalists	Approval news coverage

📋 What the FDA Drug Approvals Scraper does

Calls openFDA drug/drugsfda for 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

💡 Why it matters: FDA drug status, ready for analysis without flipping through Drugs@FDA.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
search	string	Optional openFDA search query
maxItems	integer	Cap on records

{ "search": "submissions.submission_type:ORIG", "maxItems": 50 }

{ "search": "sponsor_name:PFIZER", "maxItems": 100 }

⚠️ Good to Know: openFDA enforces rate limits without an API key. The actor honours pagination with skip.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
📌 applicationNumber	string	FDA application ID
🏢 sponsorName	string	Sponsor
openfdaBrandName	string	Brand name
openfdaGenericName	string	Generic name
openfdaManufacturerName	string	Manufacturer
openfdaProductType	string	Product type
openfdaRoute	string	Route of admin
openfdaSubstanceName	string	Substance
productNumber	string	Product number
dosageForm	string	Dosage form
strength	string	Active ingredients + strength
marketingStatus	string	Marketing status
submissionType	string	ORIG, SUPPL
submissionNumber	string	Submission number
submissionStatus	string	Submission status
submissionStatusDate	string	YYYYMMDD
submissionClassCode	string	Class code
submissionClassDescription	string	Class description
submissionsCount	number	Submissions on file
productsCount	number	Products on file
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

✨ Why choose this Actor

Direct openFDA API
One row per application
openFDA enrichment included

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Speed	Maintenance
This actor	Pay per result	Fast	None
Drugs@FDA manual	Free	Slow	High
Custom scripts	Free	Fast	Custom code

🚀 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

💼 Business use cases

Competitive intelligence

Track approval and supplement velocity by sponsor.

Pipeline monitoring

New ORIG submissions in your therapeutic area.

Compliance

Confirm marketing status of suppliers.

Investment

Build watchlists tied to sponsor names.

🔌 Automating FDA Drug Approvals Scraper

Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Drive.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Drug approval trend analysis.

Personal

Look up drugs you take.

Non-profit

Patient advocacy and access research.

Experimentation

Train NLP on approval letters.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Copilot can compose openFDA search queries.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Source? A: openFDA Drugs@FDA endpoint. Q: Auth required? A: No. Q: Rate limits? A: Yes, without an API key. Q: Original vs supplement? A: submissionType ORIG vs SUPPL. Q: Per-application or per-submission? A: One row per application, first submission/product summary. Q: How current? A: Updated regularly by FDA. Q: ANDA included? A: Yes. Q: Biologics? A: BLAs are included. Q: Approval letters? A: References available via openFDA fields, not the letter text. Q: Withdrawn products? A: marketingStatus reflects current state.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets, Webhooks.

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the US FDA. Only publicly available data collected.

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