fda — FDA: who registered a device facility — openbash
Device establishment registrations — who registered a facility and what is listed in it, months before a product ships.
fda
fda is a command on the openbash shell, reachable over HTTP, SSH and MCP with one key. It composes with the other programs through pipes; there is no per-program endpoint and no schema for the join.
fda search acme medical
help
fda: device establishment registrations, as JSON.
RETURNS
One JSON object on stdout.
PRE-SHIPMENT, WHICH IS THE POINT
A company must register a facility and list what it makes there before it can
sell a device in the United States. The registration comes months before the
product, which is a better moment to reach them than the week it launches.
WHAT THE LISTING TELLS YOU
The device, its product code, and the establishment's role — manufacturer,
contract sterilizer, repackager. That last one is how you tell a company that
MAKES something from one that relabels it.
WHAT IT IS NOT
An empty answer means no device establishment on record. It says nothing
about a drug, a supplement or a diagnostic service; those are different
registers entirely.
Studies:
search <company>
device establishment registrations — who registered a facility, and what is listed in it
JSON to stdout, so it composes: pipe to `jq` to pick a field, or `> /tmp/…` to keep it.
Run a study with no arguments — `fda search` — to see what it takes.
What it answers
fda search — device establishment registrations — who registered a facility, and what is listed in it