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GET/v1/drugs

Searches every record of every source in one country by name, active ingredient or identifier. Names match anywhere in the text; identifiers such as AIC, CN, NDC or DIN codes match from their first character. Matching ignores accents and case. Results rank exact matches first, then prefix matches, then other matches, each by record name.

Parameters

country string Required: Two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code, lowercase. Every search is scoped to one country.
q string Required: The text to search for: a name, an active ingredient or an identifier. 3 to 120 characters, matched literally.
limit integer: Number of results to return, from 1 to 50. Defaults to 20.
offset integer: Number of results to skip, from 0 to 10000. Use the nextOffset of the previous page.
kinds string: Keep only these record kinds, as comma-separated sourceId:kind pairs of the requested country, at most 12. Applied before pagination.
useDomain enum: Keep only records whose source classifies them for this use. human and veterinary also include products the source marks for both. Applied before pagination.
Possible values: human veterinary both unknown not-applicable
species string: Keep only records with this reviewed target species, such as dog, cat, horse or cattle. Records with unknown or unmapped species are excluded. Applied before pagination.

Returns

country string: The country searched.
results Record[]: The matching records, best matches first.
nextOffset integer | null: The offset of the next page, or null on the last page.

Errors

400 401 403 429 503 · Errors and rate limits

GET /v1/drugs

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

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

import os

import requests

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

Response

{
  "country": "us",
  "results": [
    {
      "country": "us",
      "sourceId": "us.fda.ndc",
      "id": "us:fda:ndc:0078-1371_b0a6d76c-cacb-4499-a18a-c8353db652f2",
      "kind": "ndc-products",
      "name": "atorvastatin",
      "data": {
        "name": "atorvastatin",
        "splId": "b0a6d76c-cacb-4499-a18a-c8353db652f2",
        "labels": [],
        "routes": [],
        "labeler": "Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation",
        "finished": false,
        "packaging": [
          {
            "description": "5 kg in 1 BAG (0078-1371-07)",
            "package_ndc": "0078-1371-07",
            "identifierStatus": "well-formed",
            "marketing_start_date": "19-SEP-13"
          }
        ],
        "productId": "0078-1371_b0a6d76c-cacb-4499-a18a-c8353db652f2",
        "useDomain": "unknown",
        "dosageForm": "POWDER",
        "productNdc": "0078-1371",
        "deaSchedule": null,
        "genericName": "atorvastatin",
        "productType": "BULK INGREDIENT",
        "listingStatus": "present-in-source-snapshot",
        "targetSpecies": [],
        "approvalStatus": "not-established-by-ndc-listing",
        "labelAssociation": "openFDA-harmonized-set-ids; not a product-level approval match",
        "marketingEndDate": null,
        "activeIngredients": [
          {
            "name": "ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM TRIHYDRATE",
            "strength": "1 kg/kg"
          }
        ],
        "applicationNumber": null,
        "marketingCategory": "BULK INGREDIENT",
        "stateRestrictions": {
          "status": "not-collected",
          "observations": []
        },
        "useDomainEvidence": {
          "basis": "unreviewed",
          "field": null,
          "value": null,
          "version": 1,
          "sourceId": "us.fda.ndc"
        },
        "marketingStartDate": "20130919",
        "targetSpeciesStatus": "not-reported",
        "prescriptionCategory": "unknown",
        "harmonizedIdentifiers": {},
        "listingExpirationDate": "20261231"
      },
      "region": null,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-10-20T10:45:50.815Z",
      "sourceUrl": "https://api.fda.gov/download.json",
      "licence": {
        "id": "CC0-1.0",
        "url": "https://open.fda.gov/license/",
        "attribution": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration / openFDA",
        "documentsIncluded": false
      },
      "limitations": [
        "Complete published endpoint, not a claim that FDA lists every medicine used in the US.",
        "NDC listing, marketing category and application-number assertions are not proof of approval.",
        "Tentative approval, discontinued products and historical submissions remain distinct.",
        "Official document links only; linked documents have not been relicensed or mirrored.",
        "No state restrictions, individual eligibility, or prescribing recommendations inferred.",
        "UNII and RxNorm identifiers are source-asserted openFDA harmonization at record scope; arrays do not pair identifiers to individual products or ingredients, and are not GSID/PhPID or substitution evidence."
      ],
      "names": [
        "atorvastatin",
        "ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM TRIHYDRATE"
      ],
      "identifiers": [
        {
          "value": "0078-1371",
          "scheme": "ndc-product"
        },
        {
          "value": "0078-1371-07",
          "scheme": "ndc-package"
        },
        {
          "value": "b0a6d76c-cacb-4499-a18a-c8353db652f2",
          "scheme": "spl-id"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nextOffset": 2
}