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OpenFDA Search Drug Ndc

Search the FDA National Drug Code (NDC) Directory via openFDA. The NDC directory identifies drugs listed under Section 510 of the FDA Act, covering finished dosage forms, unfinished APIs, and non-prescription drugs. Returns product/package codes, brand/generic names, dosage forms, routes of administration, active ingredients, and marketing information.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 114msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 114ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results (default 5, max 100)",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "search": {
      "description": "Lucene query for NDC products (e.g., 'brand_name:lipitor', 'generic_name:atorvastatin', 'active_ingredients.name:metformin', 'finished:true AND marketing_status:\"Prescription\"')",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "search"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default OpenFDA Search Drug Ndc call

public-safeinput

{
  "search": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_OpenFDA_search_drug_ndc
Tool name: OpenFDA_search_drug_ndc
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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