India's uniform medicine data layer — by all, for all
API Platform + Product Dashboard · CDSCO Aligned

India's National
All Medicine Name List
and Information Infrastructure

The only standardized, continuously updated medicine database built and maintained by pharmaceutical companies for India's digital healthcare ecosystem.

Account → API access → Production usage  ·  Company verification → Data review → Live across platforms
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Products
CDSCO
Aligned Structure
Real-time
Update Workflows
API-first
Digital-Platform Ready
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Who It's Built For

Who is DrugSetu
designed for?

DrugSetu centralizes India's medicine information into a single, structured, regulatory-aligned foundation. It covers prescription medicines, OTC and FMCG healthcare products, generics and branded medicines — supporting developers, hospitals, pharmacies, insurers, and digital healthcare platforms across India through a real-time API and a dedicated pharmaceutical product dashboard.

Developers & Startups

Build reliable healthcare applications using accurate, structured, and continuously updated medicine database. Stop reinventing data infrastructure — use India's standardized medicine layer from day one.

→ Get API Access
Hospitals & Pharmacies

Ensure consistent medicine listings, prescriptions, billing, and inventory workflows across systems. One verified source of truth eliminates reconciliation errors and compliance risk across your operations.

→ View Use Cases
Pharmaceutical Companies

Maintain verified product information and publish updates across India's digital healthcare platforms. Own your data. Control your catalog. Reach every connected platform instantly through a single dashboard.

→ Enroll Your Products
600,000+
Products in Database
CDSCO
Aligned Data Structure
Real-time
Update Workflows
API-first
Digital Platform Ready Schema
Why Now

Why India Needs a
Uniform Medicine Data Layer Today

India's healthcare ecosystem has reached a point where fragmented medicine data is no longer sustainable. In recent years, digital health platforms, e-pharmacies, e-prescription systems, and inventory management systems have scaled rapidly.

Hospitals and pharmacies have accelerated digitization, while interoperability requirements and regulatory expectations around accuracy, traceability, and auditability have increased significantly. In this environment, inconsistent and manually maintained medicine data introduces systemic risk.

A standardized, continuously updated medicine information layer is no longer optional — it is a foundational requirement for India's digital healthcare infrastructure.
The Challenge

India's healthcare ecosystem
lacks a single source of truth
for medicine data.

Across India, medicine information is fragmented across distributors, pharmacies, hospitals, and disconnected digital systems. Product names, compositions, pricing, pack sizes, and classifications often differ across sources and are frequently outdated or incomplete — creating real risk across the entire care chain.

01 — Problem
Billing & Reconciliation Errors

Inconsistent medicine names and codes across platforms cause billing mismatches, reconciliation failures, and financial losses across hospitals, pharmacies, and insurers daily.

02 — Problem
Prescription Mismatches

When medicine names aren't standardized, digital prescriptions fail to resolve correctly at the pharmacy. Patients receive incorrect or unavailable alternatives — a direct patient safety risk.

03 — Problem
Broken Pharmacy & Hospital Workflows

Pharmacies and hospital systems maintain separate, manually curated medicine lists. Keeping them synchronized requires enormous effort — and they're almost always out of date.

04 — Problem
Compliance & Audit Exposure

Regulators expect traceability and auditability in digital health systems. Without a verified medicine data foundation, platforms face mounting compliance risk and audit exposure.

DrugSetu closes this gap.

The issue is not lack of data — it is the absence of a uniform, authoritative reference. DrugSetu establishes a standardized, continuously updated medicine information layer owned, maintained, and verified by pharmaceutical companies for India's entire digital healthcare ecosystem.

API Platform

A Real-Time Medicine
Information API
for India

DrugSetu provides a developer-friendly API that enables healthcare platforms to access accurate, structured, and continuously updated medicine data at scale. No scraping, no stale lists — live pharmaceutical data delivered through clean, predictable endpoints.

Search by Brand, Salt, or Company
Flexible querying across brand name, salt composition, and marketing company
Wide India Medicine Dataset
Prescription, OTC, AYUSH, nutraceuticals, and FMCG healthcare items
Barcode & SKU Identification*
SKU-level identification for inventory and billing workflows
Therapeutic & Formulary Classification
Structured classification aligned with Indian healthcare standards
Automated Updates with Controlled Versioning
Live pharmaceutical company data with tracked version history
DrugSetu API · v1
Request
Response
cURL
// Search medicines by brand name
const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.drugsetu.in/v1/medicines/search",
  {
    method: "GET",
    headers: {
      "X-API-Key": "ds_live_••••••••",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    params: {
      q: "Paracetamol 500mg",
      type: "brand",
      limit: 10
    }
  }
);

// Returns: standardized CDSCO-aligned records
const data = await response.json();
200 OK results: 847 · response_time: 42ms
// 200 OK · application/json · 42ms
{
  "status": "success",
  "total": 847,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 10,
  "medicines": [
    {
      "id": "DS-PCM-500-01",
      "brand_name": "Dolo 500",
      "salt": "Paracetamol",
      "strength": "500mg",
      "form": "Tablet",
      "pack_size": "15 tablets",
      "mrp": 31.72,
      "gst_pct": 12,
      "company": "Micro Labs",
      "cdsco_aligned": true
    }
  ]
}
200 OK content-type: application/json · X-Request-ID: ds_req_a8f3
# Search medicines via cURL
curl -X GET \
  "https://api.drugsetu.in/v1/medicines/search?q=Paracetamol+500mg&type=brand&limit=10" \
  -H "X-API-Key: ds_live_••••••••" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

# Response Headers
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< X-RateLimit-Remaining: 4987
< X-Response-Time: 42ms
200 OK total: 847 · rate_limit: 5000/hr
Governance & Data

Designed as a
Neutral Medicine
Data Platform

DrugSetu is designed to operate as a neutral platform for managing medicine information across India's digital healthcare ecosystem. Pharmaceutical companies retain ownership and control of their product information, while DrugSetu provides the structured systems needed to standardize, review, and publish this data consistently across platforms.

All updates follow defined review workflows. Data changes are tracked over time, and classification standards are maintained in alignment with regulatory and ecosystem requirements. This approach enables a shared, reliable medicine information foundation that supports interoperability and long-term consistency across healthcare systems.

Pharmaceutical companies retain ownership and control of their product information at all times.
All updates follow defined review workflows — no unverified changes enter the live API network.
Data changes are tracked over time with full version history and audit trail.
Classification standards maintained in alignment with CDSCO and regulatory requirements.
Publisher
// Step 01
Pharmaceutical Company Submission
Company submits product data — compositions, pricing, barcodes, images, regulatory fields — through the DrugSetu dashboard.
In Review
// Step 02
Structured Verification
Each submission undergoes structured review for authenticity, CDSCO classification consistency, and data completeness before publication.
Live
// Step 03
Published Across API Network
Approved updates are published in real time across the DrugSetu API, instantly available to all connected healthcare platforms.
Early Access

Early Access to India's
Future-Ready Medicine
Data Platform

DrugSetu is building foundational digital infrastructure for India's healthcare ecosystem. Organizations that onboard early will receive exclusive benefits as the platform evolves.

First-mover advantage across India's digital healthcare platforms
Exclusive early-subscriber discounts on future features
Priority participation in upcoming pricing and publishing models
Direct alignment with Digital India healthcare initiatives
View Pricing

Pricing models and feature availability may evolve as the platform scales. Early subscribers will receive preferential consideration during future rollouts.

For Developers & Platforms
API Access
Account creation → API key → Production access. Integrate India's standardized medicine database directly into your platform from day one.
Early Access Pricing
For Pharmaceutical Companies
Product Dashboard
Company verification → Data review → Live across platforms. Publish and maintain your product catalog across India's entire connected healthcare ecosystem.
Early Access Pricing
For Healthcare Organizations
Enterprise & Institutional
Custom integration support, priority data publishing, dedicated onboarding, and SLA-backed API access for hospitals, insurers, and health platforms at scale.
Contact Sales
Pharma Dashboard

A Dedicated Product Information
Dashboard for
Pharmaceutical Companies

DrugSetu enables pharmaceutical marketing companies to directly manage and maintain their product information — instead of relying on spreadsheets, emails, or third-party intermediaries.

01
Maintain Control of Your Product Catalog

Upload and manage your full product range — branded, generic, and variants — from a single dashboard.

02
Upload Verified Images & Pack Information

Attach verified product images, packaging details, and pack size information to each product listing.

03
Manage Batch Details, Barcodes & Pricing

Manage batchwise details, barcodes*, SKUs, MRP, PTR, GST%, and variant-level pricing information.

04
Maintain Regulatory-Aligned Fields

Fields aligned with CDSCO and Digital India standards — compositions, HS codes*, manufacturing and expiry dates*, and more.

05
Track Review & Approval Status

Track every submission through the structured review and approval workflow with real-time status updates.

06
Publish Across Healthcare Platforms

Once approved, updates publish in real time across the API network — reaching every connected healthcare platform instantly.

DrugSetu · Product Dashboard
Live
Products
Submissions
Analytics
Azithromycin 500mg Tablets
salt: Azithromycin · GST: 12% · MRP: ₹148.00
Live
Metformin 500mg (30 Tab Strip)
salt: Metformin HCl · GST: 12% · MRP: ₹52.00
Review
Pantoprazole 40mg Enteric Coated
salt: Pantoprazole Sodium · GST: 12% · MRP: ₹89.50
Pending
// Approval Workflow · Azithromycin 500mg
Submitted
Verified
Classified
Live on API
Cetirizine 10mg Tablets In Review
Submitted: 14 Mar 2026 · ID: SUB-4821 · salt: Cetirizine HCl
Expected review: 2-3 business days
Amoxicillin 250mg Capsules Pending
Submitted: 12 Mar 2026 · ID: SUB-4798 · salt: Amoxicillin Trihydrate
Awaiting classification review
Omeprazole 20mg Capsules Approved
Approved: 10 Mar 2026 · ID: SUB-4756 · salt: Omeprazole
Now live across API network
// Total Submissions This Month
12
Submitted
5
In Review
7
Approved
247
Total Products
189
Live on API
41
In Review
17
Pending
API Queries (Last 7d) ↑ 18%
Your products were queried 14,280 times across 42 connected platforms
Data Completeness 94%
CDSCO-aligned fields · Images · Barcodes · Pricing · Pack sizes
Use Cases

Who uses
DrugSetu

DrugSetu is built to integrate into real-world healthcare systems that depend on dependable medicine information as a foundation. It fits into existing workflows across clinical, operational, regulatory, and analytical systems without disruption.

Online Pharmacies
Standardized medicine listings, accurate pricing, pack-size data, and real-time catalog updates across your e-pharmacy platform.
Telemedicine & Digital Health
Power prescription workflows, digital medicine lookups, and drug interaction checks with standardized, verified medicine data.
Hospitals & Clinics
Consistent medicine identification across EMR, pharmacy, and billing systems. Eliminate reconciliation errors and reduce manual master data management.
Insurance Companies & TPAs
Verify medicines against standardized records for claims processing, formulary checks, and audit-ready billing validation at scale.
Health Analytics & Research
Access structured, consistent medicine data for epidemiological research, market analysis, pharmacovigilance, and health outcomes studies.
Pharmaceutical Companies
Publish and maintain verified product information across every connected digital health platform in India through a single, governed dashboard.
DrugSetu Live Ecosystem
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How We're Different

How DrugSetu is different
from other providers

Most medicine datasets in India are scraped, manually maintained, or built from distributor catalogs. DrugSetu is built differently — from the source, by the source, for the entire ecosystem.

Capability
Others
DrugSetu
Data Updates
Manual or Delayed
Real-time
Data Ownership
Unclear
Pharma Company-Owned
API Readiness
Partial
API-First Built
Compliance Alignment
Inconsistent
CDSCO-Aligned
Uniformity
Inconsistent
Highly Uniform
Scalability
Difficult at National Scale
Built for Nationwide
Ecosystem Fit
Fragmented
Designed for Interoperability
Clarity

What DrugSetu
is not

DrugSetu has a clear, specific purpose — and it is important to understand what falls outside that purpose.

Not a scraped or crowdsourced dataset.
Not a static government list.
Not a distributor-maintained catalog.
Not a sales, ordering, or marketplace platform.

DrugSetu is a neutral, structured medicine information layer built for accuracy, consistency, and long-term interoperability across India's digital healthcare ecosystem.

// Our Mission

"To create a single, trusted, uniform source of medicine information for India — reducing errors, improving patient safety, and enabling the next generation of healthcare technology."

Developed and maintained in India, for India. Supporting CDSCO-aligned regulatory ecosystem and Digital India healthcare initiatives.
Developer Experience

Built for
Developers

DrugSetu is API-first by design. Clean, predictable endpoints. Comprehensive documentation. Real-time data. The infrastructure-level foundation you need to build reliable healthcare applications in India.

RESTful JSON APIs
Standard REST endpoints with clean, predictable JSON responses
Clean Schema
Consistent, well-documented data structure across all endpoints
Comprehensive Docs
Full API reference, guides, code examples, and sandbox access
Real-Time Updates
Live pharmaceutical company data with controlled versioning
DrugSetu API · Terminal
$ curl -X GET "https://api.drugsetu.in/v1/medicines/search?q=Metformin&type=salt"
   -H "X-API-Key: ds_live_••••••"

# Response · 200 OK · 38ms
{
  "status": "success",
  "total": 2847,
  "medicines": [
    {
      "id": "DS-MET-500-01",
      "brand_name": "Glucophage",
      "salt": "Metformin Hydrochloride",
      "strength": "500mg",
      "mrp": 52.00,
      "gst_pct": 12,
      "cdsco_aligned": true
    }
  ]
}

$
FAQ

Frequently
asked
questions

Everything you need to know about DrugSetu — what it is, how it works, and who it's for.

What is DrugSetu?
DrugSetu is India's centralized medicine information platform designed to provide a single, standardized source of medicine data for the digital healthcare ecosystem. It enables consistent medicine identification and information across healthcare platforms in India — covering prescription medicines, OTC products, AYUSH, nutraceuticals, and FMCG healthcare items.
Who publishes and manages the medicine information?
Medicine information on DrugSetu is published and updated directly by pharmaceutical marketing companies. All submissions follow defined review workflows to ensure data consistency, CDSCO alignment, and classification accuracy across the platform before going live.
Is DrugSetu a marketplace or government database?
No. DrugSetu does not sell medicines, facilitate transactions, or operate as a government list. It functions as a neutral medicine information platform used by healthcare systems and digital platforms across India. It is not affiliated with any government body, though it is aligned with CDSCO data standards and Digital India healthcare initiatives.
How is DrugSetu different from scraped data sources?
Unlike scraped or manually maintained datasets, DrugSetu is built on:
  • Direct publishing by pharmaceutical companies — the source of truth
  • Structured and standardized medicine records with CDSCO-aligned fields
  • Defined review and approval workflows before data goes live
  • API-first design built specifically for production healthcare systems
This makes DrugSetu suitable for use in production healthcare systems where data accuracy directly affects patient care.
Who can use DrugSetu?
DrugSetu is used by any organization that requires consistent, reliable medicine information across India:
  • Healthcare software developers and digital health platforms
  • Hospitals, clinics, and pharmacy chains
  • Telemedicine and digital health providers
  • Insurance companies, TPAs, and healthcare service organizations
  • Pharmaceutical companies managing product information

Still have questions? Explore detailed use cases or contact our team to learn how DrugSetu fits into your platform.

Get Started

Start Using India's
Medicine Information Infrastructure

Whether you're building healthcare software, operating clinical systems, or managing pharmaceutical product data, DrugSetu provides the foundation for reliable digital healthcare in India.

For Developers & Platforms
Request API Key
Account creation → API key issuance → Production usage. Start integrating India's standardized medicine database immediately.
For Pharmaceutical Companies
Create Product Dashboard
Company verification → Data review → Live on API. Publish and manage your product catalog across India's connected healthcare ecosystem.
For Healthcare Organizations
Contact Sales
Enterprise integrations, institutional onboarding, and custom requirements. Let's discuss how DrugSetu fits your specific healthcare system.
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