MedEx Medicine Scraper
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MedEx Medicine Scraper — Bangladesh Pharmacy Data
Scrape allopathic medicine data from MedEx (medex.com.bd), Bangladesh's leading medicine database. Get brand names, strengths, dosage forms, and direct URLs for 2,900+ medicines — perfect for pharmacy POS systems and healthcare applications.
What It Does
This Actor scrapes the MedEx Bangladesh medicine database using their AJAX search API. It searches for all single-letter (a-z) and two-letter (aa-zz) combinations to discover every medicine brand, then deduplicates by brand ID.
Output Data
Each medicine record contains:
| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
brand_name | Medicine brand name | "Napa" |
strength | Dosage strength | "500 mg" |
dosage_form | Form of medicine | "Tablet" |
brand_id | MedEx internal ID | "10452" |
url | Direct link to medicine page | "https://medex.com.bd/brands/10452/napa-500-mg-tablet" |
Sample Output
{"brand_name": "Napa","strength": "500 mg","dosage_form": "Tablet","brand_id": "10452","url": "https://medex.com.bd/brands/10452/napa-500-mg-tablet"}
Coverage
- 2,900+ unique medicine brands
- 96+ dosage forms including:
- Tablet, Capsule, Syrup, Injection, Cream
- Ophthalmic Solution, Suppository, Inhaler
- Powder for Suspension, Oral Solution, IV Infusion
- And many more
Input
{"searchDepth": 2,"maxResults": 0,"requestDelayMs": 200}
| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
searchDepth | 2 | 1 = single-letter search (~280 brands). 2 = two-letter combos (~2900 brands). |
maxResults | 0 | Max brands to scrape. 0 = no limit. |
requestDelayMs | 200 | Delay between requests. |
Use Cases
- Pharmacy POS system setup — Populate your medicine database with brand names and strengths
- Inventory management — Match medicine names to inventory SKUs
- Healthcare apps — Build a medicine lookup or drug interaction checker
- Medical research — Analyze the Bangladesh pharmaceutical market
- Drug database population — Seed your database with real medicine data
Pricing
Pay-per-event: $0.01 per 100 brands scraped (brands-scraped event)
License
MIT