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).

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 596msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 596ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "drug_name": {
      "description": "Pretty URL name (slug) of the drug (e.g., 'pembrolizumab', 'tamoxifen-citrate', 'nivolumab', 'trastuzumab')",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "drug_name"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default NCI Get Drug By Name call

public-safeinput

{
  "drug_name": ""
}

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

Back to catalog