Questions tagged [openfda]
Questions and answers surrounding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's OpenFDA program.
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Adverse event data is not present for May month ( 30th and 31st may)
We are using below API to fetch the data but API is showing last updated date as "2025-06-24" but data is not updated for May month ( 30th and 31st May)
https://api.fda.gov/device/event.json?...
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Age group codes
I have a question regarding age/age group codes.
The variable patientagegroup is populated by the 'patient age group codes' such as 800, 801 etc. What do these refer to, can I find a reference for ...
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Difference between download links
What's the difference between the files under https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/, for example https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-reporting-mdr-how-report-medical-device-problems/mdr-...
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Does openFDA has APIs to access Warning letters and form 483s?
Does the openFDA platform offer APIs or tools for retrieving data related to FDA-issued Warning Letters and Form 483 inspection reports?
I am specifically looking for programmatic ways to access this ...
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What is the best source for elevation data?
I need a Digital Elevation Model, elevation data with the highest possible resolution. I am working with a region located in Brazil, state of Ceará. Any suggestions?
I know sources with a resolution ...
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Since when did indications and contraindications from drug labels became available on openDFA?
Since when did indications and contraindications from drug labels became available on openfda as end points, was it always available for dailymed data?
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Hi could I ask if the contents of PatientProblemdata and Patientproblemcode zip files can be accessed anywhere else on OpenFDA using an API call?
I need to access the contents of these two zip files, along with device adverse events (which has an endpoint I can call with an API from PowerBI)
The issue is that Patientproblemcode/data carry 20 ...
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FDA API not updated
We are using below API to fetch the data but it seems API data is not updated in API database however the data is present for 31 March 2025 in maude front end i.e.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/
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Open FDA API suspension
https://open.fda.gov/about/status/ says:
Currently, there is a temporary suspension of updates to the openFDA datasets. Please send inquiries regarding this matter to: [email protected]
Does anyone ...
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What standards does a device conform to dataset eCFR
Is it possible to get the full text (non-pdf) of the regulations governing medical devices? Also, is the data available to show what what medical devices conform to?
I'm looking at eCFR, Title 21, ...
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Openfda adverse events data not avaliable for 2025
Hello I noticed that the adverse events data is not avaliable for Jan 2025 and onwards, do you know whats going on with it?
this is the url I am hitting
https://api.fda.gov/device/event.json?search=...
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OpenFDA: Drugs@FDA API not refresh after 2025-01-14
New Approved NDA BLA are not getting updated since 14 jan 2025.
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Discrepancy between API and FDALabel for labels with Boxed Warnings
The following query returns ~30k results:
https://api.fda.gov/drug/label.json?limit=1&search=_exists_:boxed_warning
The "same" query via the UI returns ~17k results:
https://nctr-crs....
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OpenFDA: API not refresh after 2024-12-01
I'm wondering if anybody has any knowledge around the current suspension. None of the APIs have been updated since 12/01/2024. I check the API status and "Devices › Adverse Events" shows &...
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OpenFDA: API retrieval limits
good afternoon.
I am building an application using the OpenFDA to pull medical device adverse events data. It seems that the limit to pull data in one api call is 25000 records, can this be confirmed? ...
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