# Israel Drugs Registry Lookup > Look up an Israeli medication in the official Israeli Drug Registry (מאגר התרופות) maintained by the Ministry of Health at israeldrugs.health.gov.il. This is the authoritative regulatory source — registration number (דרגיסטר), license holder, manufacturer, active ingredients with strengths, ATC code, dosage form, route of administration, prescription/OTC status, health-basket inclusion, full approved indication, registration status (active / cancelled / suspended), and links to the official MOH-approved Hebrew/English/Arabic patient leaflet (עלון לצרכן) and prescribing information (עלון לרופא). Use when the user wants the regulatory record — registration number, license holder, official indication text, or whether a drug is currently registered. - Skill: `danielrosehill/israel-drugs-registry-lookup` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add danielrosehill/israel-drugs-registry-lookup` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/danielrosehill/israel-drugs-registry-lookup/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: danielrosehill (https://skillmd.com/u/danielrosehill) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/danielrosehill/israel-drugs-registry-lookup --- # Israeli Drug Registry (israeldrugs.health.gov.il) lookup The Israeli Drug Registry is the **regulatory** drug database — the official MOH list of every medicine licensed in Israel, with the legally-binding registration record. It's the source for "is this drug registered in Israel", "what's its registration number", "who holds the license", and "what's the officially approved indication". For clinical/patient-facing content (`drug-co-il-lookup`) and Maccabi commercial info (`maccabi-medicine-lookup`), use those skills instead. This skill is the regulatory layer. ## The user-facing flow this skill mirrors The site's UI flow (the one the user follows in a browser) is: 1. **Landing tab** "חיפוש תרופה לפי שם מסחרי או מרכיב פעיל" (search by trade name or active ingredient) at `https://israeldrugs.health.gov.il/#!/byDrug`. 2. **Type a keyword** in the search box — Hebrew, English, full or partial. Examples: `VYVANSE 70 MG`, `ויואנס`, `acamol`, `lisdexamfetamine`. Optionally tick "הצג תרופות בסל הבריאות בלבד" to restrict to health-basket drugs. 3. **Submit** (חיפוש). The intermediate **results page** lists each match as a card showing: image, Hebrew + English name, active component (`מרכיב פעיל`), dosage form (`צורת מינון`), full registration number (`מספר רישום מלא`, e.g. `153 21 34000 00`), license holder (`שם בעל הרישום`), and a `בסל הבריאות` badge if applicable. Each card has a **"לפרטים נוספים"** (more details) link. 4. **Click "לפרטים נוספים"** to land on the per-drug page at `https://israeldrugs.health.gov.il/#!/medDetails/` (e.g. `…/medDetails/153%2021%2034000%2000`). This page is the **regulatory treasure trove**: full indication text, all manufacturers, ATC code, basket-inclusion record, and the official patient and physician leaflets in PDF. Steps 2–3 correspond to the `search` operation; step 4 corresponds to `fetch`. The skill skips the UI and calls the same JSON endpoints the Angular app calls. ## Two operations ### 1. Search ```bash python3 skills/israel-drugs-registry-lookup/scripts/lookup.py search "VYVANSE 70 MG" python3 skills/israel-drugs-registry-lookup/scripts/lookup.py search "ויואנס" python3 skills/israel-drugs-registry-lookup/scripts/lookup.py search "acamol" ``` Hits `POST /GovServiceList/IDRServer/SearchByName` with `{val, prescription:false, healthServices:false, pageIndex:1, orderBy:0}`. Matches Hebrew name, English name, or active ingredient. Returns `{results: [...]}` where each entry has `dragRegNum`, `dragHebName`, `dragEnName`, `activeComponents[]`, `dosageForm`, `prescription`, `health` (in basket), `iscanceled`, `dragRegOwner`, `packages[]`, `barcodes`, `indications`, etc. — i.e. the same data the result-card UI binds to (`r.dragHebName`, `r.activeComponentsDisplayName`, `r.dosageForm`, `r.dragRegNum`, `r.dragRegOwner`). Tip: the `pages` and `results` fields in each entry tell you total pages / total result count. Re-run with `pageIndex:N` (script uses 1) to paginate if needed — at present the script always asks for page 1, fine for the typical case where keyword + dose narrows to ≤1 page. ### 2. Fetch ```bash python3 skills/israel-drugs-registry-lookup/scripts/lookup.py fetch "153 21 34000 00" ``` Pass the registration number with its native spaces — the JSON body uses the unencoded form (`{"dragRegNum": "153 21 34000 00"}`); URL-encoding with `%20` is only needed when constructing the human-facing `#!/medDetails/...` URL. Hits `POST /GovServiceList/IDRServer/GetSpecificDrug`. Returns the full regulatory record. Notable top-level keys: - **Identity & registration**: `dragRegNum`, `dragHebName`, `dragEnName`, `regDate`, `regExpDate`, `applicationDate`, `applicationType` (e.g. תכשיר גנרי), `iscanceled`, `bitulDate`. - **Holder & manufacturer**: `regOwnerName` (license holder, בעל הרישום), `regManufactureName`, `manufacturers[]` (often multiple sites). - **Clinical / regulatory**: `dragIndication` (legally-approved indication), `atc`, `activeMetirals[]` (active ingredients with strengths), `dosageForm` / `dosageFormEng`, `usageFormHeb` / `usageFormEng`, `isPrescription`, `isCytotoxic`, `isVeterinary`, `limitations`, `packingLimitation`, `remarks`, `classEffect`. - **Health basket**: `health` (bool), `salList[]`, `dateOfInclusion`, `indicationIncludedInTheBasket`, `registeredIndicationsAtTimeOfInclusion`, `frameworkOfInclusion`, `useInClalit`. - **Commercial**: `maxPrice`, `packages[]` (each with size, barcode, prices), `custom` (customs/import note). - **Brochure** (`brochure[]`): the leaflet PDFs. Each entry has `type`, `url`, `lng`, `creationDateFormat`, `updateDateFormat`. Types observed: - `עלון לצרכן` — patient information leaflet (PIL). Default this for non-clinicians. - `עלון לרופא` — physician prescribing information. - `החמרה לעלון` / `החמרה לעלון לרופא` — formal label-update notices (regulatory amendments to the leaflet — keep, but they are not the leaflet itself). PDF URLs resolve under `https://mohpublic.z6.web.core.windows.net/IsraelDrugs/`. `lng` is often null; pick the most recent `creationDateFormat` of the desired `type`. - **Media**: `images[]` (product photos under the same `mohpublic` host), `videos[]`. ## If the script fails If the JSON endpoint returns a non-JSON response, the script exits non-zero. Treat that as "this lookup didn't work right now" — ask the user to load the site in their browser and read the page, or try again later. Do not retry in a loop. ## Notes when answering the user - **Registration status** (`status` / `regStatus`) is the load-bearing field. A drug whose registration has been **cancelled** or **suspended** may still be on shelves (until existing stock clears) but is no longer being licensed — flag this prominently. - **Registration number** (דרגיסטר, e.g. `037 93 30332 00`) is the regulatory key. Quote it when the user is filing anything administrative (תמ"ל, prior-approval forms, customs). - **License holder** (בעל הרישום) is the company legally responsible in Israel — not always the manufacturer. Surface both. - **Active ingredient strengths** are quoted with units exactly as registered (e.g. `PARACETAMOL 500 MG`); do not round. - **Indication text** (התוויה) is the legally-approved use — quote verbatim, don't paraphrase clinical claims. - **Leaflet PDFs** live on `mohpublic.z6.web.core.windows.net/IsraelDrugs/`. Default to `עלון לצרכן` (patient PIL); offer `עלון לרופא` on request. The `החמרה לעלון*` entries are regulatory amendment notices, not the current consolidated leaflet — don't surface them as "the leaflet". - **`medDetails` URL**: when you want to point the user at the human page, build it as `https://israeldrugs.health.gov.il/#!/medDetails/` with spaces replaced by `%20` (e.g. `153%2021%2034000%2000`). The API body uses the un-encoded form. - The site is **regulatory, not commercial** — no prices, no stock, no Kupah-specific copay. Route those questions to `maccabi-medicine-lookup` (or another Kupah skill). ## Dependencies `requests`. The site occasionally goes into maintenance mode (returns a 502 with a "DataDashboard-maintanance" SVG) — the script reports this and exits.