openFDA
FDA
- Access tierOPEN-API Queryable API, automatable end to end.
- Access methodREST API
- AuthenticationFree API key
- RegionUnited States
- Topicspharmaceuticals medical-devices
- Finest geographyevent
- Update cadenceweekly (as published: weekly-quarterly)
- Statusverified · last checked 2026-08-08
- Registry id
openfda
Quirks & gotchas
Elasticsearch query syntax; no key = 240/min, 1k/day; key = 120k/day. Bulk JSON downloads available. FAERS = spontaneous reports — no denominators, disclose in methods.
Papers using this source (6 found in total)
- Adverse event reporting and regulatory analysis of pediatric cardiac assist devices. PLoS One 2026
- Disproportionality analysis of adverse events associated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors in gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the FDA adverse event reporting system. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2026
- Comprehensive analysis of etrasimod-related adverse events based on the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System database. Indian J Pharmacol 2026
- Gastrointestinal adverse events related to monoclonal antibodies: A comprehensive evaluation of data from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System database. Indian J Pharmacol 2026
- Safety signals for drug-related respiratory depression: a disproportionality analysis of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). J Thorac Dis 2026
Found by searching PubMed for this source's names and judging each match. A search is not a systematic review, and absence here does not mean a source is unused.
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