Pipeworx fda

US FDA open data — adverse drug event reports, drug labeling/package inserts, and food recall enforcement actions

FDA Open Data

Search the US Food and Drug Administration's public databases. Pull adverse drug event reports (FAERS), look up drug labeling and package inserts, and browse food recall enforcement actions. All data is open and requires no API key.

Tools

Tool	Description
search_drug_events	Search FDA adverse drug event (FAERS) reports by drug name, reaction, or keyword
search_drug_labels	Search drug labeling / package inserts by brand name, generic name, or active ingredient
search_food_recalls	Search food recall enforcement actions by product name, company, or reason

Use cases

• Investigating reported side effects for a specific medication
• Looking up official prescribing information and contraindications
• Monitoring food recalls for safety-critical applications
• Pharmacovigilance research across the FAERS database

Example: adverse events for metformin

curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fda/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_drug_events","arguments":{"query":"metformin","limit":3}}}'

Returns reported reactions, drug dosage info, patient demographics, and outcome classifications.

MCP config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-fda": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fda/mcp"]
    }
  }
}