# FDA Drug Recalls & Adverse Events Search

> FDA Drug Recalls & Adverse Events Search is a paid API for AI agents from filing.memoryapi.org, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Search FDA drug recalls and adverse event reports from openFDA by drug name or company name

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://filing.memoryapi.org/x402/filing/fda
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/filing-memoryapi-org-4f90fc1a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Nr1GzHL5DOavg5mnQAff0

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability filing-memoryapi-org-4f90fc1a
```

Example prompt: Can you check the FDA openFDA database for any drug recalls or adverse event reports related to metformin, and also look up whether Pfizer has had any recent recalls?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to look up FDA drug recall history or adverse event reports for a specific drug or pharmaceutical company. Prefer this over general web search when structured, authoritative FDA regulatory data is needed, especially for safety compliance checks or drug research workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Drug name or company not found in openFDA — returns empty results
- Misspelled drug or company name yields no matches
- openFDA upstream API unavailable — service returns error
- Payment not processed — x402 payment required before response
- Rate limiting if query volume exceeds plan

## How this service works

FDA drug recalls and adverse event reports from openFDA. Search by drug name or company.

## Output

Returns FDA drug recall records and adverse event reports matching the queried drug name or company, sourced from openFDA — including recall classifications, recall reasons, affected products, and reported adverse events.

## Example request

```json
{
 "drugName": "aspirin",
 "companyName": ""
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "properties": {
    "method": {
     "type": "string",
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ]
    }
   },
   "required": [
    "method"
   ]
  }
 }
}
```

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