# FDA Purple Book — Biologics & Biosimilars Search (`quartz_apple_dnx/fda-purple-book-biologics-search`) Actor

Search the latest FDA Purple Book monthly biologics/biosimilars dataset with normalized filters and source provenance.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/quartz_apple_dnx/fda-purple-book-biologics-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Piven Core](https://apify.com/quartz_apple_dnx) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Developer tools
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## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 fda purple book — biologics & biosimilars search 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## FDA Purple Book — Biologics & Biosimilars Search

Search the **latest monthly FDA Purple Book download** for licensed biological products, including reference products, biosimilars, and interchangeable biosimilars.

**Independent tool. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).**

### Why use it

The Purple Book is a core FDA source for biologic-product competition and regulatory research. This Actor converts the current monthly download into automation-friendly rows with filters for product names, applicants, BLA numbers, license type, and marketing status.

Useful for biosimilar/reference-product landscape research, regulatory and business-development monitoring, biologics competitive intelligence, BLA/applicant lookups, and repeatable data pipelines.

### Common use cases

- Research biosimilar and reference-product landscapes
- Look up products by name, applicant, or BLA number
- Filter current biologics by license type or marketing status
- Build repeatable regulatory and business-development data pipelines

### Try it

```json
{"query":"adalimumab","maxRows":25}
```

### Output

Each result includes normalized FDA fields, untouched non-empty source columns under `raw`, source release month, source freshness metadata, and capture time.

### Source behavior

The Actor first reads FDA's Purple Book downloads page, discovers the newest monthly CSV, and parses the **full-database section** rather than returning only that month's changes.

### Pricing

Private candidate pricing: **$0.001 per returned product row ($1 per 1,000)**. Only returned product rows are billable.

### Official source

`https://purplebooksearch.fda.gov/index.cfm?event=downloads`

### Important limitations

This is a research/data-access utility, not legal, medical, patent, interchangeability, exclusivity, or regulatory advice. Verify material decisions against the current FDA product record.

### About Piven Core

Built and maintained by **Piven Core** — focused data APIs and automation utilities for reliable, production-ready workflows.

Learn more: https://pivencore.com

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Search across brand/proper names, applicant, strength, dosage form, route, reference product and license type.

## `applicant` (type: `string`):

Input for Applicant contains.

## `blaNumber` (type: `string`):

Exact BLA number; punctuation is ignored.

## `licenseType` (type: `string`):

Example: 351(k).

## `marketingStatus` (type: `string`):

Input for Marketing status contains.

## `maxRows` (type: `integer`):

Input for Maximum rows.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "adalimumab",
  "maxRows": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `summary` (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 = {
    "query": "adalimumab"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("quartz_apple_dnx/fda-purple-book-biologics-search").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 = { "query": "adalimumab" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("quartz_apple_dnx/fda-purple-book-biologics-search").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 '{
  "query": "adalimumab"
}' |
apify call quartz_apple_dnx/fda-purple-book-biologics-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,quartz_apple_dnx/fda-purple-book-biologics-search"
        }
    }
}
```

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/l95dnSjJjJ8YlXP1e/builds/j0ineOmcb5u2d3lWw/openapi.json