This project is aimed at developing a script to autonomously navigate the EMA database of EudraVigilance (European Database of suspected adverse drug reactions reports). EudraVigilance is a data processing network and management system for reporting and evaluating suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) during the development, and following the marketing authorization of medicinal products in the European Economic Area (EEA). The system supports the electronic exchange of suspected adverse drug reaction reports known as Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) between the European Medicines Agency (EMA), National Competent Authorities (NCAs), Marketing Authorization Holders (MAHs), and sponsors of clinical trials in the EEA.
This automated system will navigate to https://www.adrreports.eu/en/search.html and look for target drugs, which are found by looking at drugs name in a .txt file within the data folder (the file can have any name). Then, it downloads data reports in the form of excel files. The script is based on chromedriver, meaning that it will simulate a user interacting with a browser to navigate the online database.
The installation process is designed for simplicity, using .bat scripts to automatically create a virtual environment with all necessary dependencies. Please ensure that Anaconda or Miniconda is installed on your system before proceeding.
- The
scripts/create_environment.batfile, located in the scripts folder, offers a convenient one-click solution to set up your virtual environment. - Once the environment has been created, run
scripts/package_setup.batto install the app package locally. - IMPORTANT: run
scripts/package_setup.batif you move the project folder somewhere else after installation, or the app won't work!
Run the main file EMADB/EMA_AutoPilot.py to start the automated browser. The drugs_dataset.csv file in the dataset folder will be used as reference to get target drug names. Once the webscraper module has finished to run, you will find the download excel files in the default download folder (as per chrome browser configuration).
For customization, you can modify the main script parameters via the EMADB/commons/configurations.py file.
| Category | Setting | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General settings | HEADLESS | Use webdriver without GUI |
This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.