# EMA Medicines Database Scraper (`crawlerbros/ema-medicines-database-scraper`) Actor

Scrape the EMA's public data: 2700+ human/veterinary medicines, orphan designations, herbal monographs, referrals, shortages, PIPs, veterinary MRLs, DHPCs, opinions outside EU, PSUSA reviews, post-authorisation procedures.

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# README

## EMA Medicines Database Scraper

Search and export the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) public regulatory data — the full **Medicines Database** of centrally authorised human and veterinary medicines, **orphan drug designations**, **herbal medicine monographs**, **referral procedures**, **medicine shortages**, **paediatric investigation plans (PIPs)**, **veterinary maximum residue limits (MRLs)**, **Direct Healthcare Professional Communications (DHPCs)**, **scientific opinions for use outside the EU**, **periodic safety update report single assessments (PSUSA)**, and **post-authorisation procedures**. No login, no API key, no cookies required.

### What this actor does

EMA publishes each of its public datasets as a regularly refreshed data export. This actor downloads the dataset you select, applies your search query and filters, and returns clean, structured JSON — ready for pharmacovigilance research, market access analysis, regulatory tracking, academic research, or building a medicines lookup tool.

- **11 datasets in one actor** — switch between them with the `mode` field
- **Free-text search** across medicine name, active substance, INN, and ATC codes
- **Rich filters** — regulatory status, human/veterinary category, therapeutic area, and 10+ medicine attribute flags (orphan, biosimilar, generic, accelerated assessment, etc.)
- **Full field coverage** — every reliably extractable column from each EMA dataset, not just the headline fields
- **Empty fields are omitted** — you never see `null`, `""`, or `[]` in the output

### Datasets (`mode`)

| Mode | What it contains | Approx. size |
|---|---|---|
| `medicines` (default) | Centrally authorised human + veterinary medicines: status, active substance, therapeutic area, ATC codes, authorisation dates, and regulatory flags | ~2,700 medicines |
| `orphanDesignations` | EU orphan drug designations: active substance, intended use, EU designation number, designation status | ~3,300 designations |
| `herbalMedicines` | EU herbal monograph assessments: Latin/English/botanical name, therapeutic area, assessment status | ~250 monographs |
| `referrals` | EU referral procedures (human + veterinary): referral name, INN, current status, safety-referral flag | ~600 referrals |
| `shortages` | Ongoing and resolved EU medicine shortages: medicine name, INN, therapeutic area, shortage status, alternatives | ~80 shortages |
| `paediatricInvestigationPlans` | Paediatric Investigation Plans (PIPs): active substance, PIP number, decision type/date, condition | ~3,300 PIPs |
| `maximumResidueLimits` | Veterinary Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs): active substance, target species, MRL classification, regulation reference | ~500 MRL entries |
| `dhpc` | Direct Healthcare Professional Communications: medicine name, DHPC type, regulatory outcome, therapeutic area | ~170 DHPCs |
| `opinionsOutsideEu` | EMA scientific opinions on medicines intended solely for markets outside the EU: medicine name, opinion status, indication | ~25 opinions |
| `periodicSafetyUpdateReports` | Periodic Safety Update Report single assessments (PSUSA): active substance(s) in scope, related medicines, regulatory outcome | ~2,700 procedures |
| `postAuthorisationProcedures` | Post-authorisation variations and procedures for authorised medicines: procedure status, opinion status, opinion/authorisation dates | ~150 procedures |

### Output fields

#### `medicines`

`category`, `name`, `emaProductNumber`, `medicineStatus`, `opinionStatus`, `latestProcedureNumber`, `inn`, `activeSubstance`, `therapeuticArea[]`, `targetSpecies[]`, `patientSafety`, `atcCodeHuman`, `atcCodeVeterinary`, `pharmacotherapeuticGroupHuman`, `pharmacotherapeuticGroupVeterinary`, `therapeuticIndication`, `acceleratedAssessment`, `additionalMonitoring`, `advancedTherapy`, `biosimilar`, `conditionalApproval`, `exceptionalCircumstances`, `generic`, `orphanMedicine`, `primePriorityMedicine`, `marketingAuthorisationHolder`, `ecDecisionDate`, `rollingReviewStartDate`, `evaluationStartDate`, `opinionAdoptedDate`, `applicationWithdrawalDate`, `marketingAuthorisationDate`, `refusalDate`, `withdrawalExpiryDate`, `suspensionDate`, `revisionNumber`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`, `productInformationUrl`

#### `orphanDesignations`

`medicineName`, `emaProductNumber`, `activeSubstance`, `designationDate`, `intendedUse`, `euDesignationNumber`, `status`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`

#### `herbalMedicines`

`latinName`, `combinationHerbalMedicine`, `englishName`, `botanicalName`, `therapeuticArea[]`, `assessmentStatus`, `assessmentOutcome`, `additionalInformation`, `dateAddedToInventory`, `dateAddedToPriorityList`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`

#### `referrals`

`category`, `name`, `inn`, `currentStatus`, `safetyReferral`, `referralType`, `associatedNamesCentrallyAuthorised[]`, `associatedNamesNonCentrallyAuthorised[]`, `referralClass`, `referenceNumber`, `nonPracDecisionMakingModel`, `pracDecisionMakingModel`, `authorisationModel`, `pracRecommendation`, `procedureStartDate`, `pracRecommendationDate`, `cmdhPositionDate`, `chmpCvmpOpinionDate`, `ecDecisionDate`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`

#### `shortages`

`category`, `name`, `shortageStatus`, `inn`, `therapeuticArea[]`, `pharmaceuticalFormsAffected[]`, `strengthsAffected[]`, `availabilityOfAlternatives`, `shortageStartDate`, `expectedResolution`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`

#### `paediatricInvestigationPlans`

`decisionNumber`, `pipNumber`, `activeSubstance`, `inventedName`, `therapeuticArea[]`, `pharmaceuticalForms[]`, `condition`, `routesOfAdministration[]`, `decisionType`, `decisionDate`, `complianceOutcome`, `complianceOpinionDate`, `complianceProcedureNumber`, `contactForPublicEnquiries`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`

#### `maximumResidueLimits`

`title`, `activeSubstance`, `mrlClassification[]`, `targetSpecies[]`, `commissionDecisionDate`, `regulationNumber`, `regulationUrl`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`

#### `dhpc`

`category`, `name`, `procedureNumber`, `activeSubstances[]`, `dhpcType[]`, `regulatoryOutcome`, `referralName`, `atcCodeHuman`, `atcCodeVeterinary`, `therapeuticArea[]`, `targetSpecies[]`, `otherRelatedMedicinesNationallyAuthorised[]`, `disseminationDate`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`

#### `opinionsOutsideEu`

`name`, `emaOpinionNumber`, `opinionStatus`, `activeSubstance`, `inn`, `therapeuticArea[]`, `atcCodeHuman`, `latestProcedureNumber`, `opinionHolder`, `pharmacotherapeuticGroupHuman`, `therapeuticIndication`, `opinionDate`, `outcomeDate`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`

#### `periodicSafetyUpdateReports`

`category`, `activeSubstancesInScope[]`, `activeSubstance`, `procedureNumber`, `regulatoryOutcome`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`

#### `postAuthorisationProcedures`

`category`, `name`, `emaProductNumber`, `activeSubstance`, `inn`, `therapeuticArea[]`, `atcCodeHuman`, `atcCodeVeterinary`, `targetSpecies[]`, `acceleratedAssessment`, `additionalMonitoring`, `advancedTherapy`, `biosimilar`, `conditionalApproval`, `exceptionalCircumstances`, `generic`, `orphanMedicine`, `primePriorityMedicine`, `marketingAuthorisationHolder`, `postAuthorisationProcedureStatus`, `postAuthorisationOpinionStatus`, `postAuthorisationOpinionDate`, `applicationWithdrawalDate`, `marketingAuthorisationDate`, `firstPublishedDate`, `lastUpdatedDate`, `sourceUrl`, `productInformationUrl`

Every record also includes `recordType` and `scrapedAt` (UTC ISO timestamp).

`productInformationUrl` (on `medicines` and `postAuthorisationProcedures` only) is the direct link to the medicine's official English-language Product Information PDF (summary of product characteristics, package leaflet and labelling) — sourced from EMA's separate product-information index and joined by EMA product number. It's omitted when EMA hasn't published a matching entry (e.g. very recently authorised products).

### Input

| Field | Type | Applies to | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | select | all | Dataset to search (see table above). Default `medicines`. |
| `searchQuery` | string | all | Case-insensitive substring search against name / active substance / INN fields for the selected dataset. |
| `category` | select | `medicines`, `referrals`, `shortages`, `dhpc`, `postAuthorisationProcedures` | `all` / `Human` / `Veterinary`. |
| `therapeuticArea` | string | `medicines`, `herbalMedicines`, `shortages`, `paediatricInvestigationPlans`, `dhpc`, `postAuthorisationProcedures` | Substring match against therapeutic-area tags. |
| `medicineStatus` | select | `medicines` | Regulatory status — 11 values (Authorised, Refused, Withdrawn, Suspended, Expired, Lapsed, Revoked, Application withdrawn, Opinion, Opinion under re-examination, Withdrawn from rolling review). |
| `orphanMedicineOnly` / `biosimilarOnly` / `genericOnly` / `conditionalApprovalOnly` / `acceleratedAssessmentOnly` / `additionalMonitoringOnly` / `advancedTherapyOnly` / `exceptionalCircumstancesOnly` / `primePriorityMedicineOnly` / `patientSafetyOnly` | boolean | `medicines` | Restrict to medicines flagged with the corresponding attribute. |
| `orphanDesignationStatus` | select | `orphanDesignations` | `all` / `Positive` / `Negative` / `Withdrawn` / `Expired`. |
| `herbalAssessmentStatus` | select | `herbalMedicines` | EU monograph assessment stage. |
| `referralStatus` | select | `referrals` | Current referral procedure status. |
| `safetyReferralOnly` | boolean | `referrals` | Only referrals triggered by a safety concern. |
| `shortageStatus` | select | `shortages` | `all` / `Shortage ongoing` / `Shortage resolved` / `Medicine discontinued`. |
| `availabilityOfAlternatives` | select | `shortages` | Whether alternative medicines are available. |
| `decisionType` | select | `paediatricInvestigationPlans` | Type of PDCO decision on the PIP. |
| `mrlClassification` | string | `maximumResidueLimits` | Substring match against the MRL therapeutic classification. |
| `dhpcType` | string | `dhpc` | Substring match against the DHPC type tag(s), e.g. `Quality defect`, `Referral`. |
| `regulatoryOutcome` | select | `dhpc`, `periodicSafetyUpdateReports` | `all` / `Maintenance` / `Variation` / `Suspension` / `Revocation` / `Withdrawal`. |
| `opinionStatus` | select | `opinionsOutsideEu` | `all` / `Positive opinion` / `Withdrawn opinion` / `Withdrawn application`. |
| `postAuthorisationProcedureStatus` | select | `postAuthorisationProcedures` | `all` / `Opinion` / `Application withdrawn`. |
| `postAuthorisationOpinionStatus` | select | `postAuthorisationProcedures` | `all` / `Positive` / `Negative`. |
| `maxItems` | integer | all | Hard cap on emitted records (1–5000). Default `20`. |

#### Example: search the Medicines Database

```json
{
  "mode": "medicines",
  "searchQuery": "insulin",
  "category": "Human",
  "medicineStatus": "Authorised",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Example: orphan-designated cancer medicines

```json
{
  "mode": "medicines",
  "therapeuticArea": "cancer",
  "orphanMedicineOnly": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

#### Example: ongoing medicine shortages with no alternatives

```json
{
  "mode": "shortages",
  "shortageStatus": "Shortage ongoing",
  "availabilityOfAlternatives": "No"
}
```

#### Example: veterinary maximum residue limits for antibiotics

```json
{
  "mode": "maximumResidueLimits",
  "mrlClassification": "antibiotic",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

#### Example: safety-referral DHPCs

```json
{
  "mode": "dhpc",
  "dhpcType": "Referral",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Example: PSUSA procedures for an active substance

```json
{
  "mode": "periodicSafetyUpdateReports",
  "searchQuery": "paracetamol",
  "regulatoryOutcome": "Variation",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Use cases

- **Pharmacovigilance & regulatory intelligence** — track authorisation status, additional-monitoring flags, and safety referrals for a portfolio of medicines
- **Market access research** — identify orphan, biosimilar, and generic medicines by therapeutic area
- **Supply-chain monitoring** — track ongoing medicine shortages and alternative availability across the EU
- **Academic & public-health research** — bulk-export paediatric investigation plans or orphan designations for a therapeutic area
- **Veterinary compliance** — look up maximum residue limits and target species for veterinary active substances
- **Herbal medicine cataloguing** — track EU monograph assessment progress for herbal substances

### FAQ

**What is the EMA Medicines Database?** The European Medicines Agency's public register of all medicines that have been granted (or refused) a centrally authorised marketing authorisation valid across the EU, plus related regulatory datasets (orphan designations, referrals, shortages, PIPs, MRLs, herbal monographs). See [ema.europa.eu](https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines).

**How current is the data?** EMA regenerates each dataset export on its own schedule (typically daily to weekly). `firstPublishedDate` / `lastUpdatedDate` on each record reflect EMA's own publication timestamps.

**Why do some records lack a `medicineName`?** In `orphanDesignations`, many designations are granted before a medicine has a brand name — the record is still fully identified by `activeSubstance` and `euDesignationNumber`.

**What's the difference between `medicineStatus` and `opinionStatus`?** `medicineStatus` reflects the medicine's overall regulatory lifecycle stage (e.g. `Authorised`, `Withdrawn`). `opinionStatus` is only populated for medicines still going through a CHMP/CVMP scientific opinion (`Positive` / `Negative`) before a final Commission decision.

**Can I filter by ATC code?** Yes — put the ATC code (e.g. `N02AB03`) in `searchQuery`; it's matched against `atcCodeHuman` / `atcCodeVeterinary` along with the medicine name, INN, and active substance.

**What does `additionalMonitoring` mean?** Medicines under additional EU-wide monitoring (marked with a black triangle ▼ on their packaging) because they are new or have limited long-term safety data.

**Does this include national (non-centrally authorised) medicines?** No — the Medicines Database covers centrally authorised medicines only (one EU-wide authorisation). Referral records may reference nationally authorised products by name, but full national registries are out of scope.

**Is there a rate limit?** EMA's data export files are generated statically and served over standard HTTPS with no documented rate limit for reasonable use.

**Is this affiliated with the European Medicines Agency?** No, this is a third-party actor using EMA's public data exports. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to the European Medicines Agency.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Which EMA public dataset to search.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Free-text, case-insensitive substring search. Matched against the name / active substance / INN fields relevant to the selected dataset. Leave empty to fetch all records (subject to Max items).

## `category` (type: `string`):

Filter to human-use or veterinary-use records. Applies to Medicines Database, Referral Procedures, Medicine Shortages, DHPCs and Post-Authorisation Procedures only; ignored for other datasets.

## `therapeuticArea` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive substring match against the therapeutic-area tags (MeSH terms). Applies to Medicines Database, Herbal Medicines, Medicine Shortages and Paediatric Investigation Plans.

## `medicineStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter Medicines Database records by regulatory status.

## `orphanMedicineOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit medicines designated as orphan medicinal products.

## `biosimilarOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit biosimilar medicines.

## `genericOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit generic medicines.

## `conditionalApprovalOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit medicines authorised under a conditional marketing authorisation.

## `acceleratedAssessmentOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit medicines that received accelerated assessment.

## `additionalMonitoringOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit medicines subject to additional monitoring (black triangle).

## `advancedTherapyOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit ATMPs (gene therapy, cell therapy, tissue-engineered products).

## `exceptionalCircumstancesOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit medicines authorised under exceptional circumstances.

## `primePriorityMedicineOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit medicines in the PRIME (PRIority MEdicines) scheme.

## `patientSafetyOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit medicines flagged for patient-safety communication.

## `orphanDesignationStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter orphan designations by outcome status.

## `herbalAssessmentStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter herbal medicines by the EU monograph assessment stage.

## `referralStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter referral procedures by current status.

## `safetyReferralOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit referrals triggered by a safety concern.

## `shortageStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter medicine shortages by current status.

## `availabilityOfAlternatives` (type: `string`):

Filter medicine shortages by whether alternative medicines are available.

## `decisionType` (type: `string`):

Filter PIPs by the type of PDCO decision.

## `mrlClassification` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive substring match against the MRL therapeutic classification (e.g. `antibiotic`, `antiparasitic`).

## `dhpcType` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive substring match against the DHPC type tag(s) (e.g. `Quality defect`, `Referral`, `Medication error`).

## `regulatoryOutcome` (type: `string`):

Filter DHPCs / Periodic Safety Update Report single assessments (PSUSA) by the regulatory outcome of the procedure.

## `opinionStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter EMA scientific opinions for medicines used outside the EU by their outcome status.

## `postAuthorisationProcedureStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter post-authorisation procedures by their current procedure status.

## `postAuthorisationOpinionStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter post-authorisation procedures by the CHMP/CVMP opinion outcome.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on the number of records emitted.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "medicines",
  "searchQuery": "insulin",
  "category": "all",
  "medicineStatus": "all",
  "orphanMedicineOnly": false,
  "biosimilarOnly": false,
  "genericOnly": false,
  "conditionalApprovalOnly": false,
  "acceleratedAssessmentOnly": false,
  "additionalMonitoringOnly": false,
  "advancedTherapyOnly": false,
  "exceptionalCircumstancesOnly": false,
  "primePriorityMedicineOnly": false,
  "patientSafetyOnly": false,
  "orphanDesignationStatus": "all",
  "herbalAssessmentStatus": "all",
  "referralStatus": "all",
  "safetyReferralOnly": false,
  "shortageStatus": "all",
  "availabilityOfAlternatives": "all",
  "decisionType": "all",
  "regulatoryOutcome": "all",
  "opinionStatus": "all",
  "postAuthorisationProcedureStatus": "all",
  "postAuthorisationOpinionStatus": "all",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped EMA records.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "medicines",
    "searchQuery": "insulin",
    "category": "all",
    "medicineStatus": "all",
    "orphanMedicineOnly": false,
    "biosimilarOnly": false,
    "genericOnly": false,
    "conditionalApprovalOnly": false,
    "acceleratedAssessmentOnly": false,
    "additionalMonitoringOnly": false,
    "advancedTherapyOnly": false,
    "exceptionalCircumstancesOnly": false,
    "primePriorityMedicineOnly": false,
    "patientSafetyOnly": false,
    "orphanDesignationStatus": "all",
    "herbalAssessmentStatus": "all",
    "referralStatus": "all",
    "safetyReferralOnly": false,
    "shortageStatus": "all",
    "availabilityOfAlternatives": "all",
    "decisionType": "all",
    "regulatoryOutcome": "all",
    "opinionStatus": "all",
    "postAuthorisationProcedureStatus": "all",
    "postAuthorisationOpinionStatus": "all",
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/ema-medicines-database-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "medicines",
    "searchQuery": "insulin",
    "category": "all",
    "medicineStatus": "all",
    "orphanMedicineOnly": False,
    "biosimilarOnly": False,
    "genericOnly": False,
    "conditionalApprovalOnly": False,
    "acceleratedAssessmentOnly": False,
    "additionalMonitoringOnly": False,
    "advancedTherapyOnly": False,
    "exceptionalCircumstancesOnly": False,
    "primePriorityMedicineOnly": False,
    "patientSafetyOnly": False,
    "orphanDesignationStatus": "all",
    "herbalAssessmentStatus": "all",
    "referralStatus": "all",
    "safetyReferralOnly": False,
    "shortageStatus": "all",
    "availabilityOfAlternatives": "all",
    "decisionType": "all",
    "regulatoryOutcome": "all",
    "opinionStatus": "all",
    "postAuthorisationProcedureStatus": "all",
    "postAuthorisationOpinionStatus": "all",
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("crawlerbros/ema-medicines-database-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "medicines",
  "searchQuery": "insulin",
  "category": "all",
  "medicineStatus": "all",
  "orphanMedicineOnly": false,
  "biosimilarOnly": false,
  "genericOnly": false,
  "conditionalApprovalOnly": false,
  "acceleratedAssessmentOnly": false,
  "additionalMonitoringOnly": false,
  "advancedTherapyOnly": false,
  "exceptionalCircumstancesOnly": false,
  "primePriorityMedicineOnly": false,
  "patientSafetyOnly": false,
  "orphanDesignationStatus": "all",
  "herbalAssessmentStatus": "all",
  "referralStatus": "all",
  "safetyReferralOnly": false,
  "shortageStatus": "all",
  "availabilityOfAlternatives": "all",
  "decisionType": "all",
  "regulatoryOutcome": "all",
  "opinionStatus": "all",
  "postAuthorisationProcedureStatus": "all",
  "postAuthorisationOpinionStatus": "all",
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call crawlerbros/ema-medicines-database-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/ema-medicines-database-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/wKcgiLUZqYwLSwITm/builds/DAONrBtkcPJai0aRo/openapi.json