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DrugBank

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Commercial use
No
Derivatives
UnclearUnstated
Redistribution
UnclearUnstated
File on Mdexa
NoLink only

a restricted part cannot be separated or the boundary is unstated: strictest part applies

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Cite this pageMdexa, DrugBank, https://mdexa.com/datasets/drugbank/, verified 2026-11-13.

Key facts

Domain
Pharmacy and drugs Modern medicine
Content
Databases · Drug informationComplete drug database: all drugs, structures, external links, protein identifiers, target sequences and drug sequences; released under CC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Size
—As stated: 204 MB
Language / modality
English / Tabular
Publisher
OMx Personal Health Analytics (DrugBank)
Year
2026-06-27
Expert review
—
Verification
Partially verified

Commercial use of DrugBank

Commercial use: No. The overall verdict takes the strictest part; the parts carry different licenses, listed below. License status: Restricted.

Conditions
Registration required
License part
main data — Restricted (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
License part
DrugBank Open Data — Permissive (CC0-1.0)

Quoted statements and their sources are in DrugBank license evidence.

Verdicts record what sources state and are not legal advice.

Practical information

Content scope

  • The release page lists a dataset row labelled all drugs, so the covered entities are drugs.
    go.drugbank.com ·
    All drugs

    https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

  • The page lists a dataset of full drug structures in SDF format.
    go.drugbank.com ·
    Full Drug Structures in SDF Format

    https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

Identifiers

  • InChI / InChI Key / SMILESThe structure external links datasets include structure information in the form of InChI, InChI Key and SMILES.
    go.drugbank.com ·
    New! The structure external links datasets are CSV files which include structure information in the form of InChI/InChI Key/SMILES as well as identifiers for other drug-structure resources (such as ChEBI, ChEMBL, etc.).

    https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

  • → ChEBI and ChEMBLThe datasets include identifiers for other drug-structure resources such as ChEBI and ChEMBL.
    go.drugbank.com ·
    as well as identifiers for other drug-structure resources (such as ChEBI, ChEMBL, etc.)

    https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

  • → PubChemEach dataset includes the PubChem Compound ID (CID) and PubChem Substance ID (SID) for the given DrugBank record.
    go.drugbank.com ·
    Included in each dataset is also the PubChem Compound ID (CID) and the particular PubChem Substance ID (SID) for the given DrugBank record.

    https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

  • → UniProtThe page lists a section named Target Drug-UniProt Links.
    go.drugbank.com ·
    Target Drug-UniProt Links

    https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

Access

  • Bulk downloadgo.drugbank.com XML

    Same terms as the card's license.

    • The page states that all Academic DrugBank dataset downloads are temporarily paused while the distribution of DrugBank data is being updated.
      go.drugbank.com ·
      All Academic DrugBank dataset downloads are temporarily paused while we update how we distribute DrugBank data.

      https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

  • Bulk downloadgo.drugbank.com XML · SDF · CSV
    • Own terms: commercial use No · redistribution Not stated
      go.drugbank.com ·
      These DrugBank datasets are released under a Creative Common's Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

      https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

    • The page states that all Academic DrugBank dataset downloads are temporarily paused while the distribution of DrugBank data is being updated.
      go.drugbank.com ·
      All Academic DrugBank dataset downloads are temporarily paused while we update how we distribute DrugBank data.

      https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

  • Web interface onlygo.drugbank.com

    Same terms as the card's license.

Versions

  • LatestThe release page states that the DrugBank release version is 5.1.22.
    go.drugbank.com ·
    DrugBank Release Version 5.1.22

    https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

  • Breaking changeOn the check date all Academic dataset downloads were 'temporarily paused' while DrugBank changes how it distributes data, and the Open Data files were marked 'Temporarily unavailable'.
    go.drugbank.com ·
    All Academic DrugBank dataset downloads are temporarily paused while we update how we distribute DrugBank data.

    https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · official-change-notice · checked 2026-11-13

Suited for

  • The page presents drug discovery and repurposing, using detailed drug and target data, as a use for pharmaceutical research.
    go.drugbank.com ·
    Drug Discovery & Repurposing Access detailed drug and target data for your pharmaceutical research.

    https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

Not suited for

  • One academic license criterion states that the research must not be primarily for the benefit of a commercial third party.
    go.drugbank.com ·
    Your research is not primarily for the benefit of a commercial third party

    https://go.drugbank.com/releases/latest · release-notes · checked 2026-11-13

Tags

Specialty
Pharmacy
Source type
Built from a knowledge base

Author-statedInferredHuman-confirmed

DrugBank license evidence 7

  1. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageThe Academic License is free and available for researchers who meet the following criteria:

    Statement found in snapshot s06 (terms-page)

    go.drugbank.com2026-11-13 · s06
  2. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageYour research is not primarily for the benefit of a commercial third party

    Statement found in snapshot s06 (terms-page)

    go.drugbank.com2026-11-13 · s06
  3. Terms of use pagePage opened
    CC-BY-NC-4.0
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageThese DrugBank datasets are released under a Creative Common's Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

    Statement found in snapshot s06 (terms-page)

    go.drugbank.com2026-11-13 · s06
  1. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageYou're building a tool solely for academic purposes

    Statement found in snapshot s06 (terms-page)

    go.drugbank.com2026-11-13 · s06
  2. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageYou're a student, professor, or research associate with an academic institution

    Statement found in snapshot s06 (terms-page)

    go.drugbank.com2026-11-13 · s06
  3. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageLog in or create an account for full access to this data.

    Statement found in snapshot s03 (page)

    go.drugbank.com2026-11-13 · s03
  4. Terms of use pagePage opened
    CC0-1.0
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageThe DrugBank Open Data datasets are public domain datasets that can be used freely in your application or project (including commercial use). It is released under a Creative Common's CC0 International License .

    Statement found in snapshot s03 (page)

    go.drugbank.com2026-11-13 · s03

Source and lineage

No upstream or downstream datasets recorded.

Known issues with DrugBank

  • All Academic DrugBank dataset downloads are temporarily paused while distribution is updated, so access is unavailable.

Preflight

Not run Runs only on ingested data; says nothing about quality.

Downloading DrugBank and API access

No file on Mdexa (see the verdict). Get it from the source and confirm the terms there:

Latest 5.1.22 · 2026-06-27

Registration or application is required; no download command is given.

Official instructions

  1. Log in or create an account for full access to this data.
  2. Create a free account or log in to use this tool.
  3. Use your DrugBank account credentials in the download command; replace PASSWORD with your DrugBank account password.

Citing DrugBank

Mdexa, DrugBank, https://mdexa.com/datasets/drugbank/, verified 2026-11-13.
More citation details

The source gives no citation text; the line above cites this card.

Machine-readable

drugbank.jsondrugbank.mdcatalog.json

Change log 9
2026-11-14Known defects, version notes and access statements from cited sources (papers, release notes, official pages) were added; each shows who said it, when, and what kind of source it is.
2026-11-14Practical fields (scope, identifiers, access methods, versions, known defects) were added by the automated pipeline from stored page snapshots; every statement carries a verbatim quote.
2026-11-14Known defects, version notes and access statements from cited sources (papers, release notes, official pages) were added; each shows who said it, when, and what kind of source it is.
2026-11-14Known defects, version notes and access statements from cited sources (papers, release notes, official pages) were added; each shows who said it, when, and what kind of source it is.
2026-11-14Known defects, version notes and access statements from cited sources (papers, release notes, official pages) were added; each shows who said it, when, and what kind of source it is.
2026-11-14Known defects, version notes and access statements from cited sources (papers, release notes, official pages) were added; each shows who said it, when, and what kind of source it is.
2026-11-14Known defects, version notes and access statements from cited sources (papers, release notes, official pages) were added; each shows who said it, when, and what kind of source it is.
2026-11-13Known defects, version notes and access statements from cited sources (papers, release notes, official pages) were added; each shows who said it, when, and what kind of source it is.
2026-11-13Listed on 2026-11-13. Judged by public rules and checked a second time before listing.

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