Data Sources & Licenses — Drugibly
Last updated: 22 August 2026
Public attribution notice. Drugibly's reference databases are rebuilt from license-clean public sources with documented provenance. This page exists so users, reviewers, and partners can see exactly where our information comes from. The internal engineering record is DATA_SOURCES.md; this is its public, plain-language summary. Facts (e.g. "drug A interacts with drug B") are not copyrightable; we never copy rows from sources whose licenses forbid it.
What we build from (ships inside the app)
| Source | License | What we use it for |
|---|---|---|
| FDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL) / DailyMed | Public domain (US Government) | Interaction facts from drug-label "Drug Interactions" sections; pill imprint, colour, and shape; clinical-pharmacology (PK) and evidence-grading reference |
| ONC High-Priority Drug–Drug Interaction list | Public domain (US Government) | Core high-risk drug–drug pairs |
| DrugCentral | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Drug data, identifiers, and interactions |
| RxNorm (U.S. National Library of Medicine) | Public domain (US) | Brand ↔ generic (INN) name normalization |
| WHO ATC / INN | Reference use | Canonical international non-proprietary names |
| National medicine registries (incl. France BDPM, Saudi SFDA, Egypt EDA, Morocco MoH) and on-package labelling | Public registry data / facts | Local brand → generic name resolution |
| openFDA (NDC directory, drug labels, enforcement/recall reports) | Public domain (US Government) | Barcode/NDC identification; recall alerts |
| FDA "Drug Development and Drug Interactions: Table of Substrates, Inhibitors and Inducers" | Public domain (US Government) | Enzyme (CYP) role reference for the Clinical view |
DrugCentral attribution (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where we redistribute data derived from DrugCentral, we attribute DrugCentral and make
the derived data available under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 terms, as that license requires.
What we deliberately do NOT ship
We use the following only as internal quality cross-checks to catch disagreements for
pharmacist review — their rows are never copied into the data shipped in the app, in
line with their non-commercial licenses:
- DDInter 2.0 — CC BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial)
- DrugBank — non-commercial license
Accuracy
Our interaction database is validated against a standardized benchmark (200 ground-truthed
drug pairs graded to FDA labels and standard references) before release and periodically
thereafter. Published accuracy figures describe benchmark performance and are not a
guarantee for any individual situation. See legal/REGULATORY_INFORMATION.md.
Contact
Questions about our sources or licensing: contact@drugibly.com.