Count the records of a name

Counts the records of one country that carry one exact name, such as an active ingredient or a brand: how many there are, of which kinds, from which holders and in which administrative and prescription states. The name is matched whole, ignoring accents and case, so a combination that merely contains it is not counted. To list the records themselves, search with match=exact.

Parameters

country string Required

Two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code, lowercase. Every search is scoped to one country.

name string Required

The exact name to count, 3 to 120 characters. Accents and case are ignored.

kinds string

Count only these record kinds, as comma-separated sourceId:kind pairs of the requested country, at most 12.

Returns

country string

The country searched.

name string

The name counted, as it was matched.

records integer

How many records carry the name.

truncated boolean

True when more than 20,000 records carry the name; every count then covers the first 20,000.

holders integer

How many distinct holders those records name, in the holder, labeler or sponsor field their source publishes.

kinds object[]

The records per source and kind, as { sourceId, kind, records }, largest first.

administrativeStatuses object[]

The records per administrative status, as { value, records }, in the source’s own words; unknown when it states none.

prescriptionCategories object[]

The records per prescription category, as { value, records }.

topHolders object[]

The 25 holders with the most records, as { name, records }, spelled as the source spells them.

Errors

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curl -G https://api.medifontis.com/v1/drugs/overview \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MEDIFONTIS_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "country=us" \
  --data-urlencode "name=atorvastatin"

const params = new URLSearchParams({ country: 'us', name: 'atorvastatin' })
const response = await fetch(`https://api.medifontis.com/v1/drugs/overview?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MEDIFONTIS_API_KEY}` },
})
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Medifontis ${response.status}`)
const { records, holders, topHolders } = await response.json()

import os

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.medifontis.com/v1/drugs/overview",
    params={"country": "us", "name": "atorvastatin"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MEDIFONTIS_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()
overview = response.json()

{
  "country": "us",
  "name": "atorvastatin",
  "records": 22,
  "truncated": false,
  "holders": 10,
  "kinds": [
    {
      "sourceId": "us.fda.ndc",
      "kind": "ndc-products",
      "records": 20
    },
    {
      "sourceId": "us.fda.unii",
      "kind": "substances",
      "records": 1
    },
    {
      "sourceId": "us.nlm.rxnorm-cpc",
      "kind": "terminology-concepts",
      "records": 1
    }
  ],
  "administrativeStatuses": [
    {
      "value": "unknown",
      "records": 22
    }
  ],
  "prescriptionCategories": [
    {
      "value": "prescription-or-restricted",
      "records": 18
    },
    {
      "value": "unknown",
      "records": 4
    }
  ],
  "topHolders": [
    {
      "name": "NIVAGEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.",
      "records": 4
    },
    {
      "name": "Umedica Laboratories USA Inc.",
      "records": 4
    },
    {
      "name": "Bryant Ranch Prepack",
      "records": 3
    },
    {
      "name": "REMEDYREPACK INC.",
      "records": 3
    },
    {
      "name": "CENTRIENT PHARMACEUTICALS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED",
      "records": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Direct_Rx",
      "records": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "DirectRX",
      "records": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation",
      "records": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "NuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc.",
      "records": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Proficient Rx LP",
      "records": 1
    }
  ]
}