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Cortexa research tool·biomedical·clinical_guidelines
NCI Get Drug By Name
Get detailed information about a cancer drug from the NCI Drug Dictionary by its pretty-url-name (slug). Returns comprehensive drug information including definition, aliases (brand names, chemical names, code names, CAS registry numbers), NCI concept ID, and links to drug information summaries. The pretty-url-name is a lowercase hyphenated slug (e.g., 'pembrolizumab', 'tamoxifen-citrate', 'nivolumab'). You can find drug names from NCIDrugDict_search results (prettyUrlName field).
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Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
JSON · 12 lines · 262 chars
Examples (1)
Default NCI Get Drug By Name call
public-safeinput
JSON · 3 lines · 21 chars
Expected response keys: success
Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_NCI_get_drug_by_name
- Tool name
- NCI_get_drug_by_name
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse