`mhra_drug_safety_update`

Pack: mhra-alerts · 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/mhra_drug_safety_update for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Articles from Drug Safety Update, the MHRA monthly bulletin that tells UK prescribers about new safety signals: new contraindications, updated warnings, restricted indications and monitoring advice for medicines already in use. The UK counterpart to an FDA drug safety communication. Answers “what new safety advice has the MHRA issued about this medicine”. Returns title, publication date, summary and GOV.UK URL; filter by free text and date range, then pass a URL to mhra_alert_detail for the full article.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Free-text search, e.g. a drug name (“metformin”, “domperidone”) or a safety topic (“angioedema”).
`published_from`	string	no	Earliest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
`published_to`	string	no	Latest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
`limit`	number	no	Articles to return, 1-100 (default 20).
`offset`	number	no	Results to skip, for paging (default 0).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "limit": 3
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mhra-alerts/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"mhra_drug_safety_update","arguments":{"limit":3}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('mhra_drug_safety_update', {
  "limit": 3
});

More examples

{
  "query": "metformin",
  "limit": 2
}

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 mhra-alerts pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mhra-alerts": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mhra-alerts/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

mhra_drug_safety_update