About the data

Who Made My Meds? connects four public FDA data sets so you can follow a prescription drug from the name on the bottle to the factory that made it, and see that factory's inspection record.

The sources

• Drug labels (48,391). Every current prescription drug label in DailyMed, the National Library of Medicine's copy of the labels companies file with FDA. Besides the prescribing information, a label lists its products by NDC and often names the plants that make, test, package or relabel them. When a label is from a repackager, it usually names the original product it came from, which is how we trace repackaged pills back to their maker.
• Plant registrations. FDA's list of registered drug establishments, which gives each plant's FDA identifier and address.
• Inspections (9,489 for the 3,829 plants we list). FDA's Data Dashboard: every drug inspection since fiscal year 2009, its end date and its result, plus the Form 483 observations FDA has published.
• Recalls (2,807). FDA enforcement reports, matched to products by the NDC numbers in each recall.

What it can and can't tell you

A label only names the plants the company chose to list in it, and many labels name none. When a label names no manufacturing plant, we say so rather than guess. A plant's inspection result describes what FDA found on the dates it was there; it doesn't mean any particular batch of medicine is good or bad. Recalls cover specific lots, which are listed on each recall.

Records are republished as FDA publishes them, with names and capitalization tidied. If you spot something wrong, email admin@whomademymeds.com.

Updates

We rebuild the site from fresh FDA files every week.

This isn't medical advice. Never stop or switch a medicine without talking to your doctor or pharmacist. If you're worried about a medicine, your pharmacist can tell you which manufacturer's product you received and whether another is available.