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openFDA

Verified by Mdexa · Checked against the source text under public rules.How we check

Commercial use
Conditional
Derivatives
Conditional
Redistribution
Conditional
File on Mdexa
NoLink only

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

RestrictedLink onlyLicenseRef-U-S-Food-and-Drug-Administration-termsSave

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Key facts

Domain
Pharmacy and drugs · Standards and terminology Modern medicine · Cross-cutting
Content
DatabasesFDA's openFDA service offers public data in machine-readable format through open-source APIs; endpoint data may be downloaded in zipped JSON, and use of the data is generally unrestricted.
Size
—
Language / modality
English / Text
Publisher
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Year
—
Expert review
—
Verification
Verified: license text seen

Commercial use of openFDA

Commercial use: Conditional. The overall verdict takes the strictest part; the parts carry different licenses, listed below. License status: Restricted.

Conditions
Attribution
License part
main data — Permissive (LicenseRef-PublicDomain)
License part
copies of copyrightable works made available to the FDA by private entities — Restricted (NOASSERTION)
License part
GMDN Content — Restricted (NOASSERTION)

Quoted statements and their sources are in openFDA license evidence.

Verdicts record what sources state and are not legal advice.

Tags

Intended use
Retrieval knowledge base
Source type
Official publication
Data format
JSON

Quoted from the sourceThe endpoints' data may be downloaded in zipped JSON format.Snapshot s01

Author-statedInferredHuman-confirmed

openFDA license evidence 13

  1. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageUse of the data made available via openFDA is generally unrestricted (see “Data Rights and Usage”).

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  2. Site policy pagePage opened
    CC0-1.0
    Third-party text · Site policy pageUnless otherwise noted, the content, data, documentation, code, and related materials on openFDA is public domain and made available with a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  3. Terms of use pagePage opened
    CC0-1.0
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageYou can copy, modify, distribute, and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  1. Site policy pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Site policy pageSome data on openFDA may not be public domain, such as copies of copyrightable works made available to the FDA by private entities.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  2. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageWhile not required, when using content, data, documentation, code, and related materials from openFDA in your own work, we ask that proper credit be given.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  3. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageYour use of openFDA may be subject to certain limitations on access, calls, or use as set forth within this Agreement or otherwise provided by FDA.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  4. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageGMDN® is a registered trademark of The GMDN Agency. All rights reserved.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  5. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pagemapping to other categorizations or ontologies, or for AI training purposes, must first obtain an appropriate license from The GMDN Agency. No such activity is permitted without a license.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  6. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageTherefore, your rights to use those works may be similarly limited.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  7. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageHowever, the service through which we make that data available is offered subject to your acceptance of the terms and conditions contained herein as well as any relevant sections of the FDA Website Policies.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  8. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageFDA reserves the right (though not the obligation) to refuse to provide openFDA to you if it is FDA’s opinion that use violates any FDA or Federal policy or law.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  9. Terms of use pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Terms of use pageThe information provided on this site includes data supplied by The GMDN Agency (“GMDN Content”), which is used under license from The GMDN Agency.

    Statement found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02
  10. Dataset pagePage opened
    Third-party text · Dataset pageSome data on openFDA may not be public domain, such as copies of copyrightable works made available to the FDA by private entities. FDA may make these works available under the fair use provision of the Copyright Act

    Part "copies of copyrightable works made avail" found in snapshot s02 (page)

    open.fda.gov2026-11-12 · s02

Source and lineage

No upstream or downstream datasets recorded.

Known issues with openFDA

  • FDA does not warrant that openFDA data is error free, or that access to it will be continuous or uninterrupted.

Preflight

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

Downloading openFDA and API access

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

The terms are restricted; no download command is given. See the verdict.

Citing openFDA

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

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

Machine-readable

openfda.jsonopenfda.mdcatalog.json

Change log 1
2026-11-13Listed on 2026-11-13. Judged by public rules and checked a second time before listing. The two passes disagreed; the stricter reading is carried: Second pass: commercial_use: 原文明示主体可"even for commercial purposes"使用，同时第三方作品与 GMDN 内容的商业用途受限；条款明确涉及商用，不是未涉及。应记 conditional（主体允许、部分受限）。第一遍 basis 引用了该授权句却填 unstated，自相矛盾。 | derivatives: 原文明示可修改（modify），GMDN 内容用于映射到其他分类或本体须另获许可；条款涉及改编且附条件，应为 conditional。 | redistribution: 原文明示可分发（distribute），第三方作品使用权可能受限；条款涉及再分发且有例外，应为 conditional。

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