EMA¶
EMA matters when you need European regulatory context that does not appear in U.S.-only drug sources. It is the right page for questions about EU approvals, regional safety wording, or shortage status when those answers depend on the European Medicines Agency's published human-medicines data.
In BioMCP, EMA is a local-runtime source for drug name/alias lookups and region-aware sections rather than a live per-request API surface. BioMCP auto-downloads the six EMA human-medicines JSON feeds into BIOMCP_EMA_DIR or the default data directory on first use, supports --region eu|all, and exposes biomcp ema sync when you want a forced refresh.
What BioMCP exposes¶
| Command | What BioMCP gets from this source | Integration note |
|---|---|---|
search drug <name> --region eu |
EU drug matches by name or alias | Uses the local EMA batch for region-aware name/alias lookups |
search drug <name> --region all |
Combined U.S. and EU name/alias search | Merges EMA local results with U.S. data |
get drug <name> regulatory --region eu|all |
EU or combined regulatory context | EMA-backed regional section |
get drug <name> safety --region eu|all |
EU or combined safety context | EMA-backed regional section |
get drug <name> shortage --region eu|all |
EU or combined shortage context | EMA-backed regional section |
Example commands¶
Returns EU-focused drug matches from the local EMA dataset.
Returns EMA-backed regulatory context for the EU region.
Returns EMA-backed safety context for the EU region.
Returns EMA-backed shortage context for the EU region.
Refreshes the local EMA batch without waiting for the next automatic sync.
API access¶
No BioMCP API key required. BioMCP auto-downloads the EMA human-medicines JSON batch into BIOMCP_EMA_DIR or the default data directory on first use.
Official source¶
EMA is the official European Medicines Agency download surface behind BioMCP's EU drug context.