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GET
Get an FDA record

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Use a personal or organization Pav API key from Pav developer settings. Send it as Authorization: Bearer <api_key>.

Path Parameters

record_key
string
required

record_key from a list response. May contain /, : and spaces.

Maximum string length: 400
Example:

"purple_book_product:761508:001"

Response

Successful Response

record_key
string
required

Durable key built from FDA identifiers; use it with GET /v1/fda/{record_key}.

Example:

"purple_book_product:761508:001"

record_type
enum<string>
required

Kind of FDA record.

Available options:
orange_book_product,
orange_book_patent,
orange_book_exclusivity,
purple_book_product,
orphan_designation,
warning_letter,
recall,
drug_application,
complete_response_letter,
accelerated_approval,
advisory_committee_meeting
Example:

"purple_book_product"

source
string
required

FDA publication the record comes from.

Example:

"purple_book"

title
string
required

Display title: trade name, patent label, letter subject or recalled product.

Example:

"GENGLYCOS"

source_version
string | null

Source edition: YYYY-MM for Orange and Purple Book, the load date for orphan designations, null for continuously published sources.

Example:

"2026-08"

fda_organization_name
string | null

Applicant, sponsor or recipient name as FDA spells it.

Example:

"Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc."

company
FdaCompany · object | null

The linked company; null when the FDA name is not linked.

application_key
string | null

FDA application: N: (NDA), A: (ANDA) or BLA: plus the number.

Example:

"BLA:761508"

product_key
string | null

Application plus the FDA product number.

Example:

"BLA:761508:001"

designation_id
string | null

FDA orphan designation id; there is one record per designation.

Example:

"1186826"

patent_number
string | null

Orange Book listed US patent number.

Example:

"10022461"

description
string | null

Ingredient for products, patents and exclusivities; indication for orphan designations; subject or reason for letters and recalls.

document_date
string<date> | null

Date FDA issued the record (approval, letter, recall, designation).

event_date
string<date> | null

The date event_date_type names, e.g. a patent expiry.

event_date_type
string | null

What event_date is: approval, patent_expiry, exclusivity_expiry, orphan_exclusivity_expiry, or another event.

Example:

"patent_expiry"

status
string | null

Source status: marketing status for products (RX, OTC, DISCN), listed or delisted for patents, the code for exclusivities, the latest action otherwise.

Example:

"RX"

source_url
string | null

Official FDA page for the record. Orange Book patents and exclusivities link to their product's patent and exclusivity page.

details
FdaRecordDetails · object

Record-type specific source fields.