RxRadar is not a medical device, diagnostic tool, or clinical decision support system. It does not provide medical advice. Do not use RxRadar to make decisions about patient care, treatment, or diagnosis.
1. Purpose of the Service
RxRadar provides semantic search over a subset of publicly available US government healthcare data. We scrape and index data from public government APIs and websites. We do not create, curate, or independently verify this data — we provide a search interface over what we have indexed. The Service is intended for:
Healthcare market research and competitive intelligence
Academic and scientific literature discovery
Drug safety signal exploration and pharmacovigilance research
Clinical trial landscape analysis
Provider network research
The Service is designed for researchers, analysts, and software developers — not for clinical use.
2. Data Sources and Limitations
All data returned by RxRadar originates from the following public US government databases:
NPPES (NPI Registry): Provider data is self-reported by providers to CMS. It may be outdated, incomplete, or inaccurate.
PubMed: Abstracts and metadata from biomedical literature. Inclusion in PubMed does not constitute endorsement of findings. Studies may be preliminary, retracted, or superseded.
FDA FAERS: Adverse event reports are voluntarily submitted. A report does not establish that a drug caused an adverse event. Reports may contain errors, duplicates, or incomplete information.
ClinicalTrials.gov: Trial information is registered by sponsors and investigators. Registration does not guarantee the trial's validity, completion, or results.
FDA Drug Labels (DailyMed): Label information reflects the approved labeling at the time of submission. Labels are updated periodically and the version in our system may not be the most current.
3. Search Results Are Not Comprehensive
RxRadar uses semantic (vector-based) search to find relevant records from our indexed subset of public data. This means:
Results are ranked by similarity to your query, not by clinical importance
Not all relevant records may be returned — absence from results does not mean the data does not exist in the original government source
Our database contains a partial index of each source, not the complete dataset
We are not responsible for records that are missing from our index, or for gaps between our data and the original government databases
Results should not be treated as exhaustive or definitive
All subscription tiers search the same data and return identical results — tiers differ only in the number of API calls permitted per day
4. Not a Substitute for Professional Judgment
Nothing returned by RxRadar should be used as a substitute for:
Consultation with a qualified healthcare professional
FDA-approved drug labeling and prescribing information
Peer-reviewed clinical evidence and guidelines
Institutional review board (IRB) oversight for research
Professional medical, pharmaceutical, or legal advice
5. No Warranty on Accuracy or Completeness
We make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of any data returned by the Service. The data is scraped from public government sources and provided "as is." We do not independently verify, curate, or validate it. We are not responsible for what the Service can or cannot find — our index is a best-effort subset of publicly available data, and coverage will vary.
6. Adverse Event Data (FAERS) Warning
FDA adverse event reports (FAERS) deserve special caution:
Reports are submitted voluntarily and represent a fraction of actual adverse events
A reported association between a drug and an adverse event does not prove causation
Reports may involve patients taking multiple drugs, making attribution uncertain
Reporting rates vary by drug, condition, and time period
FAERS data alone cannot be used to calculate incidence rates or compare drug safety profiles