search_by_indication

MCP tool from Pubcrawl by nickjlamb

Find drugs approved for a medical condition. Searches FDA labelling via openFDA, then cross-references UK availability on the eMC.

How to use it

search_by_indication is exposed by the Pubcrawl MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the search_by_indication tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Pubcrawl

$npm install -g @pharmatools/pubcrawl

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get_trial

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