`anvisa_drug_search`

Pack: anvisa-medicines · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/anvisa_drug_search for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search Brazil’s register of medicines authorised by ANVISA (the national health regulator), about 40,000 registrations, by brand name, active ingredient or registration holder, in Portuguese or English. Accents are ignored and a word matches the start of a word (“dipiron” finds dipirona); every word must match. Returns each registration’s brand name, active ingredient, holder, registration number, status as the register states it (Ativo/Inativo, plus an English reading), regulatory category with an English name, and registration and expiry dates; active registrations first, newest first. Use anvisa_drug_get for the full record. Answered from a stored copy of the register; every answer carries its data date.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Brand name, active ingredient or holder words, e.g. “dipirona”, “paracetamol” or “Eurofarma”.
`by`	string	no	Where to look: any (brand name or active ingredient; default), brand, ingredient, or holder (the registration holder’s name).
`status`	string	no	Optional: only registrations the register states as Ativo (active) or Inativo (inactive). A registration whose rows disagree appears under both.
`limit`	number	no	Max results (1-50, default 20).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "dipirona",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/anvisa-medicines/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"anvisa_drug_search","arguments":{"query":"dipirona","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('anvisa_drug_search', {
  "query": "dipirona",
  "limit": 5
});

More examples

{
  "query": "paracetamol",
  "by": "ingredient",
  "status": "active",
  "limit": 5
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`found`	boolean
`answered_from`	string
`data_as_of`	string
`source_file_date`	string
`source`	string
`attribution`	string
`query`	string
`by`	string
`status_filter`	null \| string
`total_matches`	number
`returned`	number
`results`	array
`note`	string \| null
`matched_on_stems`	boolean \| null
`empty_reason`	string \| null
`reason`	string \| null
`message`	string \| null
`hint`	string \| null

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "found": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "answered_from": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "data_as_of": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "source_file_date": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "attribution": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "by": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status_filter": {
      "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
      ]
    },
    "total_matches": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "brand_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "active_ingredient": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "active_ingredients": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            }
          },
          "holder": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "registration_number": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "status": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "status_en": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "category": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "category_en": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "registration_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "registration_expiry": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    },
    "note": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "matched_on_stems": {
      "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "empty_reason": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "reason": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "message": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "hint": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the anvisa-medicines pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anvisa-medicines": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/anvisa-medicines/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

anvisa_drug_search