This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.
What Cefoxitin does in the body
The following infections caused by susceptible isolates of the designated bacteria
From the FDA-approved label: Cefoxitin is a bactericidal agent that acts by inhibition of bacterial cell wall synthesis. Cefoxitin has activity in the presence of some beta-lactamases, both penicillinases and cephalosporinases, of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.
What happened in people
RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.
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Where this came from
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No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.
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The limit that matters most
Not recorded.
Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.
What the registries record it as
The substance registry classes this as chemical.
FDA substance registry · Q68050H03T · read 2026-08-29
Its recorded molecular formula is C16H16N3NaO7S2, weighing 449.44.
US prescribing information · 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864 · read 2026-08-30
Where each sentence above came from
No recorded sentence describes the change this makes in a way that stands on its own. The page opens with what it is taken for instead, and the recorded explanation follows below.
Shown as the opening line on this page.
No statement of the main limit is recorded.
The four opening statements run to 60 words.
Words this page uses
Four words worth knowing first
Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.
Biomarker
A biomarker is a number from a test that stands in for something about health.
A picture of it, and where the picture fails
A biomarker is like a fuel gauge.
Where that stops being true. A gauge is wired to the tank. Many biomarkers are only loosely tied to health.
What people get wrong. A better number is read as a better life. Several medicines improved a number and helped nobody.
A measurable indicator used as a substitute for a clinical outcome of interest.
Placebo
A placebo is a dummy treatment given so the real one can be compared with it.
A picture of it, and where the picture fails
A placebo is like a blank control in an experiment.
Where that stops being true. A blank does nothing. People given a placebo often do get better.
What people get wrong. A placebo effect is read as imaginary. The improvement is measured and real.
An inactive intervention matched in appearance to the test intervention, used to control for non-specific effects.
Comparator
A comparator is whatever the treatment was measured against.
A picture of it, and where the picture fails
It is like the other runner in a race.
Where that stops being true. A race has one winner. A study can show both arms improved.
What people get wrong. Results are read without asking what the other group got. Beating nothing is not beating a treatment.
The control condition against which the experimental intervention is assessed.
What happened in people◇Read from sources, not yet reviewed
What happened in people
Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.
Change in e-cigarette use
✗ The study did not show it
Who was studied
NCT05493982
How many people
2779
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated
What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.
The limits of this study, and where it came from
Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.
How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.
Form and route. Injection
Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary
Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.
openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
Change in tobacco/nicotine use
✗ The study did not show it
Who was studied
NCT06483412
How many people
2540
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated
What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.
The limits of this study, and where it came from
Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.
How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.
Form and route. Injection
Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary
Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.
openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
The incidence of surgical site infections
✗ The study did not show it
Who was studied
NCT05253339
How many people
2494
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated
What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.
The limits of this study, and where it came from
Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.
How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.
Form and route. Injection
Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary
Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.
openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
Surgical site infection
✗ The study did not show it
Who was studied
NCT05755789
How many people
2000
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated
What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.
The limits of this study, and where it came from
Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.
How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.
Form and route. Injection
Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary
Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.
openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
Diagnostic accuracy of trial-of-antibiotics: proportion of patients without tuberculosis (by sputum tests) who report improvement of their baseline illness when asked 7 days after randomisation (Day 8 study visit).
✗ The study did not show it
Who was studied
NCT03545373
How many people
1583
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated
What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.
The limits of this study, and where it came from
Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.
How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.
Form and route. Injection
Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary
Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.
openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
Patient-reported Quality of Life as Measured by EuroQol (EQ-5D)
✗ The study did not show it
Who was studied
NCT02800785
How many people
1552
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated
What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.
The limits of this study, and where it came from
Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.
How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.
Form and route. Injection
Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary
Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.
openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.
What is missing or unclear◇Read from sources, not yet reviewed
Were people like you studied?
RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.
Who was studied
People similar to this profile were included.
Cefoxitin for Injection and Dextrose Injection is a cephalosporin antibacterial indicated for the treatment of the following infections caused by susceptible isolates of the designated bacteria ( 1 ): Lower respiratory tract infections ( 1.1 ); Urinary tract infections ( 1.2 ); Intra-abdominal infections ( 1.3 ); Gynecological infections ( 1.4 ); Septicemia ( 1.5 ); Bone and joint infections ( 1.6 ); Skin and skin…
Who is missing from the studies
Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.
What the label states about particular groups
On pediatric, the label states: “Safety and efficacy of this formulation are not established.”
US prescribing information · 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864 · read 2026-08-30
On older people, the label states: “Of the 1,775 subjects who received cefoxitin in clinical studies, 424 (24%) were 65 and over, while 124 (7%) were 75 and over.”
US prescribing information · 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864 · read 2026-08-30
On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Risk Summary Available data from published prospective cohort studies, case series, and case reports over several decades with cephalosporin use, including cefoxitin, in pregnant women have not established drug-associated risks of major birth defects, miscarriage, or adverse maternal or fetal outcomes (see Data) .”
US prescribing information · 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864 · read 2026-08-30
On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “Risk Summary Limited data from published literature report the presence of cefoxitin in human milk.”
US prescribing information · 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864 · read 2026-08-30
On people with reduced kidney function, the label states: “In patients with a reduced creatinine clearance the dose of Cefoxitin Injection and Dextrose Injection should be adjusted to compensate for the slower rate of renal elimination.”
US prescribing information · 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864 · read 2026-08-30
Where the result stopped carrying
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Why it might seem to do nothing
A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.
It was studied in different people
The people in the studies were not much like the reader.
On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.
The evidence may simply be wrong
Small early studies often do not hold up.
On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.
Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (11)
It was studied for a different goal
The studies measured something else entirely. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
A different form was studied
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There was nothing to correct
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Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
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Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
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It was not taken as studied
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Something else changed at the same time
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What taking it involves
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How it is supplied
Prescription only
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Form and route
Injection
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Who oversees it
RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.
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No register row and no identity class settled the question.
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What is in the pack
Sold as injectable, powder, injection, powder, for solution, injection, solution, given by the injection, intravenous route.
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Where this came from
A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.
Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.
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Where it is registered
Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.
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Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.
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Why people stop
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What can go wrong
Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.
∅Nothing found in the sources checked
No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.
The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.
Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.
Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.
What is missing or unclear◇Read from sources, not yet reviewed
Does the exact form matter?
Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.
The form that was studied
Injection
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What is recorded as being sold
19 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 19 of them contain it and nothing else.
FDA National Drug Code directory · 0264-3123 · read 2026-08-29
They are sold as injection, powder, for solution, injection, solution, powder and powder, for solution, taken intravenous.
FDA National Drug Code directory · 0264-3123 · read 2026-08-29
The regulator's established pharmacologic class for it is cephalosporin antibacterial [epc] and cephalosporins [cs].
FDA National Drug Code directory · 0264-3123 · read 2026-08-29
11 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 11 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.
US prescribing information · 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864 · read 2026-08-29
Those labels are classed as human prescription drug.
US prescribing information · 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864 · read 2026-08-29
Cefoxitin and Dextrose is intravenous at 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS Single-dose DUPLEX ® (Dual-chamber), Container: • 1 g cefoxitin for injection and 50 mL of 5% dextrose injection • 2 g cefoxitin for injection and 50 mL of 5% dextrose injection Single-dose…, recorded as fda label in effect 2019-07-29 in the United States.
US prescribing information · 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864 · read 2026-08-30
Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.
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What you could measure
This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.
RNAWiki could not confidently classify this substance, so no self-experiment plan is offered.
Questions worth asking
Which of the trials of Cefoxitin studied people like me?
What was measured, and for how long?
Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
What would we watch for, and when would we stop?
Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.
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What is missing or unclear◇Read from sources, not yet reviewed
What nobody knows yet
Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.
Missing populations
Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.
Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.
What would answer it
A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.
Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.
Missing long-term data
No completed tested study window is recorded.
Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.
What would answer it
A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.
Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.
No reviewed conclusion
RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.
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What would answer it
A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.
Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.
Missing interaction studies
No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.
Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.
What would answer it
A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.
Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.
Formulation uncertainty
Several salts, forms or products of Cefoxitin are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.
Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.
What would answer it
A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.
Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.
Mechanism not reviewed
No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.
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What would answer it
A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.
Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.
What happened in people◇Read from sources, not yet reviewed
Check any of this yourself
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Where else this substance is registered
FDA substance identifier (UNII)
Q68050H03T
RxNorm concept
1665102
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How this medicine reached us
Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.
Withdrawn in United States, 2013, for "Presence of Particulate Matter: B. Braun Medical Inc. is recalling several injectable products due to visible particulate matter found in reserve sample units." (openFDA drug enforcement Class I recall)
What the approval register records
18 approved applications cover products containing this substance. The earliest was NDA050517, approved 19781018 to PHARMOBEDIENT.
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9 questions this page could not answer
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Recorded evidence blocks (9)
Q1
On the Cefoxitin label: indicated for what?
"Cefoxitin for Injection and Dextrose Injection is a cephalosporin antibacterial indicated for the treatment of the following infections caused by susceptible isolates of the designated bacteria ( 1 ): Lower respiratory tract infections ( 1.1 ); Urinary tract infections ( 1.2 );": indications and usage on Cefoxitin's label. DailyMed label · 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864 · 2019-07-29
Q2
11 registered trials of Cefoxitin — at which phases?
Registered studies posting no result
10 of 11
11 registered studies of Cefoxitin: 3 phase2, 2 na, 2 phase3, 2 phase4, 1 early phase1, 1 na or unstated, 1 phase1. CLINICALTRIALS_SNAPSHOT · 2026-09-01
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phase2
3
na
2
phase3
2
phase4
2
early phase1
1
na or unstated
1
7 more recorded rows
phase1
1
completed
3
terminated
3
unknown
2
active not recruiting
1
not yet recruiting
1
recruiting
1
recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04
Q3
3 of Cefoxitin's trials stopped: accrual/recruitment, other?
41 to 59 minutes; Elimination Metabolism The half-life after an intravenous dose is 41 to 59 minutes.
metabolismpharmacokinetics
Elimination Metabolism The half-life after an intravenous dose is 41 to 59 minutes.
recorded 2019-07-29 · last checked 2026-09-04
Q6
Which 2 trials of Cefoxitin posted no result?
Posted no result
2 of 2 completed trials
Registrations
NCT02703857 and NCT05707533
Completion dates
oldest 2016-09-20; newest 2022-11-30
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Trial
NCT02703857
2016-09-20
NCT05707533
2022-11-30
Q7
At the median, Cefoxitin's trials enrolled 300 people — anything larger?
Median enrolment
300
Largest enrolment
967
Registered trials counted
11
Q8
What do 237 spontaneous reports say about Cefoxitin — and not say?
These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction. Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing. The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete. News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report. A count is not a rate and not a risk.
Cefoxitin appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 237 reaction mentions were counted: drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms 49; rash 37; rash maculo-papular 25; thrombocytopenia 24. FAERS via Open Targets · CHEMBL1200530 · 2026-06-24
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drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms
49
rash
37
rash maculo-papular
25
thrombocytopenia
24
drug resistance
22
anaphylactic shock
18
4 more recorded rows
anaphylactic reaction
18
systemic mastocytosis
15
hepatocellular injury
15
treatment failure
14
recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04
Q9
Which 10 reactions does Cefoxitin's label not list?
anaphylactic reaction, anaphylactic shock and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms and 7 more reported for Cefoxitin, absent from its label. FAERS via Open Targets · CHEMBL1200530 · 2026-06-24
2 label terms; 10 reported and unlisted; 6c7e9485-1ede-411c-8c46-911439332864
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anaphylactic reaction
count not stated
anaphylactic shock
count not stated
drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms
count not stated
drug resistance
count not stated
hepatocellular injury
count not stated
rash
count not stated
4 more recorded rows
rash maculo-papular
count not stated
systemic mastocytosis
count not stated
thrombocytopenia
count not stated
treatment failure
count not stated
recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04
Where it is registered
Where it’s registered
Withdrawn in United States, 2013, for "Presence of Particulate Matter: B. Braun Medical Inc. is recalling several injectable products due to visible particulate matter found in reserve sample units." (openFDA drug enforcement Class I recall)
Cefoxitin sodium salt, Mefoxin in Sodium Chloride 0.9% in Plastic Container, Mefoxin / Mefoxin in Dextrose 5% in Plastic Container / Mefoxin in Sodium Chloride 0.9% in Plastic Container / Mefoxin in Plastic Container / Cefoxitin in Plastic Container
Trade name
Mefoxin, Cenomycin, Mefoxitin, Mefoxin in Dextrose 5% in Plastic Container, Mefoxin in Plastic Container, Cefoxitin in Plastic Container, Cefoxitin and Dextrose
ChEMBL 37 — CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported · ClinicalTrials.gov — US Government work · Open Targets 26.06 — CC0 · mixed register set; per-register licences in docs/specs/corpus-20k-sources.md · openFDA / DailyMed — US Government work · openFDA enforcement — US Government work
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