Awesome Public Datasets - Government: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
An Awesome entry for openFDA, the FDA’s open data initiative providing APIs and datasets on drugs, devices, and food products for research and applications.
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Awesome Public Datasets – Government: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Name: Awesome Public Datasets - Government: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Source: https://open.fda.gov/index.html
Category: Themed directories
Tags: datasets, government, APIs
Description
An Awesome entry for openFDA, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s open data initiative. It provides programmatic access to FDA data on drugs, devices, food, and related regulatory information for research, analysis, and application development.
Features
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Open-source APIs
- Public REST APIs exposing FDA datasets (e.g., drugs, devices, food, adverse events, and other regulatory data).
- Suitable for integration into research workflows, analytics, and applications.
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API Usage Statistics
- Overview of how API endpoints are being used by the community.
- Helps understand popular endpoints and monitor general usage trends.
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Data Downloads
- Endpoint data available as downloadable zipped JSON files.
- Facilitates bulk access and offline analysis of FDA datasets.
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Community Apps & Resources
- Open community space highlighting apps and tools built using openFDA.
- Includes shared open source code, examples, and ideas for working with the APIs.
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Regular Dataset Updates
- New and updated datasets announced via news/updates section.
- Recent additions include:
- Cosmetic Adverse Events dataset.
- Complete Response Letters (CRL) for New Drug Applications (NDAs) and Biologics License Applications (BLAs), including CRLs issued as recently as 2025.
- Drug Shortages dataset.
Pricing
- Not specified in the provided content. (openFDA is generally a free, public government data service.)
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