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Sources & Methodology

Where our data comes from

simplyFDA aggregates publicly available U.S. Food & Drug Administration data from official APIs and RSS feeds. Every update on the platform links back to the original FDA source.

openFDA APIs
  • openFDA Drug Labels
    Structured product labeling and label changes.
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  • openFDA Drug Enforcement
    Drug recalls, withdrawals, and safety alerts.
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  • openFDA Device Events
    Medical device adverse event reports (MAUDE).
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  • openFDA Device Enforcement
    Medical device recalls and corrections.
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  • openFDA Food Enforcement
    Food safety recalls and enforcement reports.
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FDA RSS Feeds
  • FDA Press AnnouncementsFeed
  • FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsFeed
  • FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals & Safety AlertsFeed
Methodology
  1. 1. Ingestion. We pull from openFDA and FDA RSS hourly. Each item is normalized into a common schema (title, summary, source URL, source ID, publication date, category).
  2. 2. Deduplication. We deduplicate by source URL, source ID, and a content hash before any AI processing — so the same warning letter or recall never appears twice.
  3. 3. AI analysis. A regulatory-tuned prompt produces four sections: What happened, Who is affected, Why it matters, and Recommended action, plus an importance score.
  4. 4. Quality gating. Empty, thin, or low-confidence summaries are rejected. Only high-quality items are published to the feed.
  5. 5. Source linking. Every published update displays its original FDA source URL so professionals can verify the underlying record.

simplyFDA is not affiliated with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. AI-generated analysis should be verified against original FDA sources before any regulatory decision.