# Search FDA CBER Approval Documents

Search and read FDA CBER Approval Documents records through the Assyro API: the approval letters, SBRAs, review memos and labeling CBER posts for the…

Source: https://www.assyro.com/docs/sources/fda-cber-approvals

`GET https://api.assyro.com/v1/sources/fda-cber-approvals/search`

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Search and read FDA CBER Approval Documents records from your own code: the approval letters, SBRAs, review memos and labeling CBER posts for the biologics it licenses (vaccines, blood products, cell and gene therapies), cited by product and document. Published by U.S. Food and Drug Administration ([www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/cber-regulated-products-supporting-documents](https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/cber-regulated-products-supporting-documents)); answered from Assyro's copy, refreshed daily 21:30 UTC.

Licence: public domain (see the [terms](https://open.fda.gov/terms/)). Each record links to its page at the source.

Example: "What did CBER's summary basis for regulatory action say about ZOLGENSMA?"

## Search

`GET https://api.assyro.com/v1/sources/fda-cber-approvals/search` with any of these query parameters. Repeat a parameter for a list (`?phase=PHASE2&phase=PHASE3`). An unknown parameter is refused by name.

### Search parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | no | Words in the document's title or text, e.g. "potency assay" or "accelerated approval confirmatory". |
| `product` | string | no | Trade name or proper name, e.g. "ZOLGENSMA" or "onasemnogene abeparvovec". |
| `manufacturer` | string | no | The license holder, e.g. "Novartis Gene Therapies". |
| `documentKind` | string | no | Only one kind of document. One of: `approval letter`, `labeling`, `summary basis for regulatory action`, `review`, `approval history`, `summary of safety and effectiveness`, `demographic subgroup information`, `other`. |
| `dateFrom` | string | no | Documents dated on or after this date (the date in the document's title, e.g. an approval letter's), YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `dateTo` | string | no | Documents dated on or before this date, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `limit` | integer | no | Documents to return, default 8. |
| `offset` | integer | no | Skip this many results (for paging), default 0. |

Each result is a record; read one in full with [Get a record](https://www.assyro.com/docs/sources/fda-cber-approvals/records).

## What a record holds

- `id`, `title`, `url`: the source's identifier, its title and its page at the source, to verify it.
- `authority`, `publishedDate`, `version`: who published it, when, and the edition read.
- `snippet` and `fields`: the matching text and the source's own fields.
- `asOf`: the day Assyro's copy of the source was read.

## Example request

curl:

```bash
curl "https://api.assyro.com/v1/sources/fda-cber-approvals/search?product=ZOLGENSMA&documentKind=summary+basis+for+regulatory+action"
```

Python:

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.assyro.com/v1/sources/fda-cber-approvals/search",
    params={
        "product": "ZOLGENSMA",
        "documentKind": "summary basis for regulatory action"
    },
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())
```

JavaScript:

```javascript
const response = await fetch("https://api.assyro.com/v1/sources/fda-cber-approvals/search?product=ZOLGENSMA&documentKind=summary+basis+for+regulatory+action");
const result = await response.json();
```