What it returns
Two modes. pressReleases: the FDA press-release feed with exact publish times, approval announcements flagged. drugApprovals: original NDA/BLA (and optionally ANDA) approvals from Drugs@FDA with approval date, sponsor, brand, ingredients, novelty class, review priority and approval letter link.
Charged per row returned.
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/fda-approvals-feed/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
mode | string: pressReleases, drugApprovals | Which source. Default: "pressReleases". |
approvalsOnly | boolean | Press releases: keep only approval, authorization and clearance announcements. Default: false. |
since | string | Press releases: skip items published before this ISO date. |
dateFrom | string | Drug approvals: YYYY-MM-DD. Default: 30 days before the end date. |
dateTo | string | Drug approvals: YYYY-MM-DD. Default: today. |
applicationTypes | list of strings | NDA, BLA, ANDA (generics). Default: NDA and BLA. |
novelOnly | boolean | Drug approvals: only new molecular entities (NDA type 1) and original BLAs, which include biosimilars. Default: false. |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/fda-approvals-feed/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.40 per 1,000 rows. No charge for errors or empty searches.
Use it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
This API is also an MCP server: https://api.pushbuild.com/mcp/fda-approvals-feed. Add it to any assistant that supports remote MCP servers, with your key in the X-API-Key header. Same prices. Setup for each app.
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