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U.S. FDA open data API providing drug adverse events, drug labels, medical device recalls, food enforcement actions, and other safety data. Best for health and safety compliance workflows, pharmaceutical research, and monitoring product recalls. The official source for FDA regulatory data — unlike ClinicalTrials.gov (research studies), OpenFDA covers post-market surveillance and enforcement. 3 example endpoints available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the OpenFDA API docs for full documentation.
This provider is managed — no additional setup required.
This is a catch-all provider — any valid URL under https://api.fda.gov is supported. OpenFDA API. Construct URL as https://api.fda.gov/{category}/{endpoint}.json. Categories: drug, device, food, cosmetic, animalandveterinary, other. Supports ?search=, ?count=, ?limit= query params. Auth param (api_key) is added automatically. The endpoints below are curated examples.

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Search drug adverse events

GET https://api.fda.gov/drug/event.json?limit=5 — Free 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.fda.gov/drug/event.json?limit=5', { method: 'GET' });

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Get device recalls

GET https://api.fda.gov/device/recall.json?limit=5 — Free 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.fda.gov/device/recall.json?limit=5', { method: 'GET' });

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Get food enforcement actions

GET https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=classification:Class+I&limit=3 — Free 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=classification:Class+I&limit=3', { method: 'GET' });

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