> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.benzinga.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # FDA > Returns FDA approvals, clinical trials, and PDUFA (Prescription Drug User Fee Act) dates for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Includes information about drug development stages, trial results, approval outcomes, and regulatory milestones. ```json Response (200 OK) theme={null} { "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 } ] } ``` ```json Response (401 Unauthorized) theme={null} { "ok": false, "errors": [ { "code": "auth_failed", "id": "unauthorized", "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token" } ] } ``` ```json Response (404 Not Found) theme={null} { "ok": false, "errors": [ { "code": "no_data_found", "id": "not_found", "value": "No data found for the specified parameters" } ] } ``` ```json Response (500 Internal Server Error) theme={null} { "ok": false, "errors": [ { "code": "internal_server_error", "id": "server_error", "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request" } ] } ``` ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/calendar_api.spec.yml GET /api/v2.1/calendar/fda openapi: 3.0.0 info: contact: {} description: >- This REST API returns structured data for conference calls, dividends, earnings (and future earnings dates), economics, pharmaceutical announcements, guidance, IPOs, secondary offerings, ratings, M&A activity, and splits. termsOfService: http://swagger.io/terms/ title: Calendar API version: 2.1.0 servers: - url: https://api.benzinga.com description: PROD security: [] paths: /api/v2.1/calendar/fda: get: tags: - fda summary: FDA approvals, clinical trials, and PDUFA dates description: >- Returns FDA approvals, clinical trials, and PDUFA (Prescription Drug User Fee Act) dates for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Includes information about drug development stages, trial results, approval outcomes, and regulatory milestones. operationId: get-fda parameters: - description: >- Specifies return format. Query parameters work the same for both formats in: header name: accept required: true schema: type: string enum: - application/json default: application/json - description: >- 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 in: query name: page schema: type: integer default: 0 - description: Number of results returned. Limit 1000 in: query name: pagesize schema: type: integer - description: >- Date to query for calendar data. Shorthand for date_from and date_to if they are the same. Defaults for latest in: query name: parameters[date] schema: type: string format: YYYY-MM-DD - description: Date to query from point in time in: query name: parameters[date_from] schema: type: string format: YYYY-MM-DD - description: Date to query to point in time in: query name: parameters[date_to] schema: type: string format: YYYY-MM-DD - description: Date to filter and sort calendar by. Default is `announced` in: query name: parameters[date_search_field] schema: type: string enum: - announced - target default: announced - description: >- 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` in: query name: parameters[date_search_strict] schema: type: boolean default: true - description: >- 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 in: query name: parameters[securities] schema: type: string format: csv - description: >- Records last Updated Unix timestamp (UTC). This will force the sort order to be Greater Than or Equal to the timestamp indicated in: query name: parameters[updated] schema: type: integer responses: '200': description: Success content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.FDAResponse' text/xml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.FDAResponse' '400': description: Bad Request content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.ErrorResponse' text/xml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.ErrorResponse' '500': description: Internal Server Error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.ErrorResponse' text/xml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.ErrorResponse' security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] components: schemas: api.FDAResponse: description: API response containing an array of FDA event records properties: fda: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/calendarapi.FDA' type: array type: object api.ErrorResponse: properties: text: type: string type: object calendarapi.FDA: properties: commentary: example: Approval was expected based on positive Phase 3 results type: string companies: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/calendarapi.Company' type: array created: example: 1704819000 type: integer date: example: '2024-01-09' type: string drug: $ref: '#/components/schemas/calendarapi.Drug' event_type: example: PDUFA type: string id: example: 60a7f5e8e4b0f5a3c8e9f5bd type: string nic_number: example: '022527' type: string notes: example: Breakthrough therapy designation type: string outcome: example: FDA approved the drug for treatment of condition X type: string outcome_brief: example: Approved type: string source_link: example: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events type: string source_type: example: FDA type: string status: example: Pending type: string target_date: example: '2024-03-15' type: string time: example: '00:00:00' type: string updated: example: 1704819600 type: integer type: object calendarapi.Company: properties: cik: example: '1682852' type: string id: example: 60a7f5e8e4b0f5a3c8e9f5be type: string name: example: Moderna Inc. type: string securities: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/calendarapi.Security' type: array type: object calendarapi.Drug: properties: generic: example: false type: boolean id: example: 60a7f5e8e4b0f5a3c8e9f5bf type: string indication_symptom: example: - '["COVID-19"]' items: type: string type: array name: example: Spikevax type: string type: object calendarapi.Security: properties: exchange: example: NASDAQ type: string symbol: example: MRNA type: string type: object securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: in: query name: token type: apiKey ````