`ema_referrals`

Pack: ema-medicines · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ema-medicines/mcp

European Medicines Agency referral procedures — EU-wide reviews of a medicine or class of medicines triggered by a safety concern, quality issue or scientific disagreement between member states (Article 31, Article 20, Article 107i and related procedures). Returns the referral name, INN, current status, whether it is a safety referral, procedure type, key milestone dates (procedure start, PRAC recommendation, CHMP/CVMP opinion, European Commission decision) and the referral URL. Answers “what EU safety referrals are open for X”, “why was drug X reviewed by the EMA”, “recent Article 31 referrals”, “EU referral outcome for valproate”.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Free text: referral name, INN/active substance, or associated medicine name.
`status`	string	no	Filter on current status, e.g. “under evaluation”, “procedure started”, “European Commission final decision”. Substring match.
`safety_only`	boolean	no	Only referrals flagged as safety referrals. Default false (all referral types).
`category`	string	no	human \| veterinary. Omit for both.
`since`	string	no	Earliest procedure-start date. YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY.
`limit`	number	no	Max records, default 50, max 200.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "safety_only": true
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ema-medicines/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ema_referrals","arguments":{"safety_only":true}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('ema_referrals', {
  "safety_only": true
});

More examples

{
  "query": "avacopan",
  "category": "human",
  "limit": 5
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

ema_referrals