FDA has launched openFDA, a new “digital strategy” initiative intended to make government data and information more publicly accessible as covered by Alexander Gaffney of RAPS.org. The initiative began in January 2014 with the introduction of open.fda.gov, a website containing “open APIs (application programming interfaces), raw data downloads, documentation and examples, and a developer community of an important collection of FDA public datasets.”
Although it is still in the beginning stages of development, the website will enable healthcare and regulatory professionals to access FDA’s data without having to send hundreds of Freedom-of-Information Act (FOIA) requests. The ultimate goal of the openFDA initiative is to provide regulatory and adverse event data with the click of a mouse.
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