Structured
Sections, not a PDF
The monograph is parsed into stable, keyed sections (indications, dosage, contraindications, interactions, …) so you render or search the part you need.
Drug Database
Capability · Monographs
Product monographs, DE / FR / IT.
Fetch the structured professional and patient information for a Swiss product in German, French or Italian — the AIPS monograph, parsed into sections.
GET /api/v1/drugs/{id}/monograph
What you get
Built for production drug data
Get the full product information for a Swiss drug as structured sections, not a PDF. GET /api/v1/drugs/{id}/monograph returns the AIPS monograph — indications, dosage, contraindications, interactions, adverse effects — in German, French or Italian.
Pick the language with the lang parameter (de, fr, it). Each section comes back as parsed text keyed by a stable section id, so you can render exactly the part your workflow needs.
Multilingual
DE / FR / IT
Pass lang=de|fr|it for the official-language version of the same product information.
Freshness
Diff-tracked text
Monograph text flows through the same watchtower; last_synced_at tells you when the source AIPS entry was last captured.
Honest sourcing
Data sourced from AIPS
Monographs are sourced from the open Swissmedic AIPS bulk download. We surface the text; we are not affiliated with or endorsed by Swissmedic.
Try it
A real call, end to end
Request a monograph by drug id and language; receive the parsed sections of the AIPS product information.
GET /api/v1/drugs/{id}/monograph?lang=de
curl 'https://drug-database.com/api/v1/drugs/\
3f8a1c2d-1b4e-4c7a-9d2f-0a1b2c3d4e5f/monograph?lang=de' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer dd_live_…'response
{
"drug_id": "3f8a1c2d-1b4e-4c7a-9d2f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"lang": "de",
"sections": [
{ "id": "indications", "title": "Indikationen", "text": "…" },
{ "id": "dosage", "title": "Dosierung/Anwendung", "text": "…" },
{ "id": "contraindications", "title": "Kontraindikationen", "text": "…" },
{ "id": "interactions", "title": "Interaktionen", "text": "…" }
],
"last_synced_at": "2026-06-25T02:30:00Z",
"_meta": { "sources": ["aips"] }
}Coverage & sourcing
- Swiss product monographs in German, French and Italian.
- Parsed into stable, keyed sections for selective rendering and search.
- Data sourced from the open Swissmedic AIPS bulk download; diff-tracked daily.
- last_synced_at reports when the AIPS entry was last captured.
Good to know
- · Monograph reads need the drugs:read scope.
- · Monograph coverage is Switzerland (AIPS) today; other jurisdictions are on the roadmap.
FAQ
Common questions
German, French and Italian, matching the official Swiss languages. Pass lang=de, fr or it.
It is parsed into keyed sections — indications, dosage, contraindications, interactions, adverse effects and more — each with a stable id, title and text, so you can render or search a single section.
It is data sourced from the open Swissmedic AIPS bulk download and diff-tracked daily. We surface the published text and are not affiliated with or endorsed by Swissmedic.
Each monograph carries last_synced_at, captured when the AIPS entry was last ingested by the watchtower.
Ready when you are
Put monographs in production this afternoon.
Spin up a key in minutes. The free tier covers prototyping and low-volume production.
Free tier · 100 requests/day · No card required