Give me a safety overview of semaglutide: label warnings, side effects, recalls, shortages and EU status.

Answered byDrug Safety API: FDA label, FAERS, recalls, EMA status

Price$0.02 per dossier or $0.004 per single-section query

StatusOn Apify Store

mode dossier fills five sections in one row from official sources: the FDA label (boxed warning on thyroid C-cell tumors, indications, DailyMed link), the top FAERS reactions, FDA recalls, US shortage records and the EU status from the EMA. Each section has its own source_url; a section a source could not answer is listed in failed_sections and costs nothing.

Tool input

{
  "drug": "semaglutide",
  "mode": "dossier",
  "maxItems": 5
}

Ask it from an AI agent (MCP)

Add the Apify MCP server with this tool to your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ...); it signs you in with OAuth or Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>.

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=bosco_labs/drug-safety

Then ask:

Use the bosco_labs/drug-safety tool to answer: Give me a safety overview of semaglutide: label warnings, side effects, recalls, shortages and EU status.

Call the Apify API

Runs the Actor and returns the rows in one request, billed to your Apify account ($0.02 per dossier or $0.004 per single-section query).

curl https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/bosco_labs~drug-safety/run-sync-get-dataset-items \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"drug": "semaglutide", "mode": "dossier", "maxItems": 5}'

Call the Bosco Labs HTTP API

Bosco Labs HTTP API (beta): same input and rows, $0.004 per sub-query; a full dossier = 5 units ($0.02); partial answers are free from prepaid credits. Get a key with a $0.50 free trial, or send the same call without a key and pay per call in USDC via x402 (no account).

curl https://api.boscolabs.dev/v1/drug-safety \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BOSCO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"drug": "semaglutide", "mode": "dossier", "maxItems": 5}'

Example output

Snapshot taken 2026-11-06, source links in each row. First 1 of 1 rows (snapshot runs stop at 5 rows); long values shortened.

[
  {
    "query": "semaglutide",
    "mode": "dossier",
    "drug": {
      "generic_name": "SEMAGLUTIDE",
      "matched_as": "generic",
      "search_term": "semaglutide",
      "fda_labels_matching": 5
    },
    "label": {
      "brand_names": [
        "Ozempic"
      ],
      "generic_name": "SEMAGLUTIDE",
      "manufacturer": "A-S Medication Solutions",
      "product_type": "HUMAN PRESCRIPTION DRUG",
      "routes": [
        "SUBCUTANEOUS"
      ],
      "application_number": "NDA209637",
      "pharmacologic_class": [
        "GLP-1 Receptor Agonist [EPC]"
      ],
      "has_boxed_warning": true,
      "boxed_warning": "WARNING: RISK OF THYROID C-CELL TUMORS • In rodents, semaglutide causes dose-dependent and treatment-duration-dependent thyroid C-cell tumors at clinically r...",
      "indications": "OZEMPIC is indicated: • as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. • to reduce the risk of major...",
      "effective_date": "2026-07-30",
      "labels_matching": 4,
      "set_id": "42bdd912-2393-44c4-b7e0-47672ca28991",
      "label_url": "https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=42bdd912-2393-44c4-b7e0-47672ca28991",
      "source_url": "https://api.fda.gov/drug/label.json?search=openfda.generic_name.exact%3A%22SEMAGLUTIDE%22+AND+openfda.product_type%3A%22HUMAN+PRESCRIPTION+DRUG%22&sort=effec...",
      "provided_by": "Bosco Labs (boscolabs.dev)"
    },
    "...": "11 more fields"
  }
]

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