FDA

FDA approvals, clinical trials, and PDUFA dates

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/fda?token=' \
  --header 'accept: <accept>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {accept: '<accept>'}};

fetch('https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/fda?token=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/fda?token=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "accept: <accept>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/fda?token="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("accept", "<accept>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/fda?token=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = '<accept>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "fda": [
    {
      "commentary": "",
      "companies": [
        {
          "cik": "",
          "id": "62b3773a118ebc0001427b67",
          "name": "Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.",
          "securities": [
            {
              "exchange": "NASDAQ",
              "symbol": "DRTS"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "created": 1767621777,
      "date": "2026-01-05",
      "drug": {
        "generic": false,
        "id": "62b3771c9c3cd100011418ce",
        "indication_symptom": [
          "Prostate cancer"
        ],
        "name": "Alpha DaRT"
      },
      "event_type": "Provided Update",
      "id": "695bc49183cac20001bec514",
      "nic_number": "",
      "notes": "",
      "outcome": "Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.  announced the submission of the first module of its pre-market approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), following the FDA's previous decision to allow the Company to use the more flexible modular approach.",
      "outcome_brief": "",
      "source_link": "https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/26/01/g49690927/alpha-tau-submits-first-pre-market-approval-module-to-the-fda-for-alpha-dart-for-the-treatment-of-",
      "source_type": "Press Release",
      "status": "",
      "target_date": "",
      "time": "09:00:00",
      "updated": 1767621823
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

GET

api

v2.1

calendar

fda

FDA approvals, clinical trials, and PDUFA dates

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/fda?token=' \
  --header 'accept: <accept>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {accept: '<accept>'}};

fetch('https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/fda?token=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/fda?token=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "accept: <accept>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/fda?token="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("accept", "<accept>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/fda?token=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = '<accept>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "fda": [
    {
      "commentary": "",
      "companies": [
        {
          "cik": "",
          "id": "62b3773a118ebc0001427b67",
          "name": "Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.",
          "securities": [
            {
              "exchange": "NASDAQ",
              "symbol": "DRTS"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "created": 1767621777,
      "date": "2026-01-05",
      "drug": {
        "generic": false,
        "id": "62b3771c9c3cd100011418ce",
        "indication_symptom": [
          "Prostate cancer"
        ],
        "name": "Alpha DaRT"
      },
      "event_type": "Provided Update",
      "id": "695bc49183cac20001bec514",
      "nic_number": "",
      "notes": "",
      "outcome": "Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.  announced the submission of the first module of its pre-market approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), following the FDA's previous decision to allow the Company to use the more flexible modular approach.",
      "outcome_brief": "",
      "source_link": "https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/26/01/g49690927/alpha-tau-submits-first-pre-market-approval-module-to-the-fda-for-alpha-dart-for-the-treatment-of-",
      "source_type": "Press Release",
      "status": "",
      "target_date": "",
      "time": "09:00:00",
      "updated": 1767621823
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "fda": [
    {
      "commentary": "",
      "companies": [
        {
          "cik": "",
          "id": "62b3773a118ebc0001427b67",
          "name": "Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.",
          "securities": [
            {
              "exchange": "NASDAQ",
              "symbol": "DRTS"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "created": 1767621777,
      "date": "2026-01-05",
      "drug": {
        "generic": false,
        "id": "62b3771c9c3cd100011418ce",
        "indication_symptom": [
          "Prostate cancer"
        ],
        "name": "Alpha DaRT"
      },
      "event_type": "Provided Update",
      "id": "695bc49183cac20001bec514",
      "nic_number": "",
      "notes": "",
      "outcome": "Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.  announced the submission of the first module of its pre-market approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), following the FDA's previous decision to allow the Company to use the more flexible modular approach.",
      "outcome_brief": "",
      "source_link": "https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/26/01/g49690927/alpha-tau-submits-first-pre-market-approval-module-to-the-fda-for-alpha-dart-for-the-treatment-of-",
      "source_type": "Press Release",
      "status": "",
      "target_date": "",
      "time": "09:00:00",
      "updated": 1767621823
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

token

string

query

required

Headers

enum<string>

default:application/json

required

Specifies return format. Query parameters work the same for both formats

Available options:

application/json

Query Parameters

page

integer

default:0

Page offset. For optimization, performance and technical reasons, page offsets are limited from 0 - 100000. Limit the query results by other parameters such as date

pagesize

integer

Number of results returned. Limit 1000

parameters[date]

string<YYYY-MM-DD>

Date to query for calendar data. Shorthand for date_from and date_to if they are the same. Defaults for latest

parameters[date_from]

string<YYYY-MM-DD>

Date to query from point in time

parameters[date_to]

string<YYYY-MM-DD>

Date to query to point in time

parameters[date_search_field]

enum<string>

default:announced

Date to filter and sort calendar by. Default is announced

Available options:

announced,

target

parameters[date_search_strict]

boolean

default:true

Some date fields (such as the FDA calendar target date) include fuzzy dates such as 2021-Q1. When filtering, you may choose to allow fuzzy date matching, or strict date matching that searches for ONLY dates that have an exact match within the given date period. Default TRUE

parameters[securities]

string<csv>

One or more security identifiers separated by a comma. Maximum 50 securities. Security identifiers must be in the format of ticker symbols, only for US-listed equities

parameters[updated]

integer

Records last Updated Unix timestamp (UTC). This will force the sort order to be Greater Than or Equal to the timestamp indicated

Response

Success

API response containing an array of FDA event records

fda

object[]

Array of FDA event records

Show child attributes

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Analyst Insights

Bars

Bulls Say Bears Say

Calendars

Company Fundamentals

Corporate Logos

Conference Call Transcripts

Delayed Quotes

Government Trades

Insider Transactions

Market Data

Newsfeed

NewsQuantified

Press Releases

Ticker Trends

Why Is It Moving (WIIMs)

Authorizations

Headers

Query Parameters

Response