Data Dictionary

Company

A legal organisation in the value chain — manufacturer, formulator, distributor or CDMO. Carries headquarters, founding year, ticker (if listed) and links to the facilities and products it operates.

Molecule / Product

A chemical substance or marketed product, identified by CAS, UNII and InChIKey where available, with generic class, molecular formula and HSN trade codes.

Facility

A physical plant or site where substances are made or handled, located by city and state and tracked by its FDA Establishment Identifier (FEI) where applicable.

Regulator

A government or supranational body that governs the value chain (e.g. USFDA, EMA, CDSCO), with its short code and official URL.

Therapy Area

A clinical or end-use domain (e.g. oncology, cardiovascular) used to group molecules and products by indication and to navigate related intelligence.

Regulatory

Enforcement and compliance events — warning letters, import alerts, inspection outcomes, approvals and recalls — sourced from official agency records.

Trade

Movement of goods across borders: import-export flows, shipment volumes and HSN-level trade intelligence.

Market

Commercial moves — pricing, capacity changes, supply disruptions, partnerships and M&A activity.

Clinical

Development milestones — trial starts and readouts, designations, and approvals tied to specific molecules and indications.

Headline

A precise, factual one-line summary of the event.

Executive Summary

A short lead capturing what happened and why it matters to the reader.

Section Blocks

The structured body of the brief — context, the event itself, and analyst assessment.

Named Analyst

The author of record. Every brief carries a real byline (see the analyst team).

Linked Entities

The companies, molecules, facilities and regulators the event touches, connected in the knowledge graph.

Severity

A graded indicator of how material the event is (see Severity Levels below).

Published / Modified Dates

ISO-8601 timestamps for first publication and the most recent revision.

CAS

CAS Registry Number — a unique numeric identifier assigned to a chemical substance by the Chemical Abstracts Service.

UNII

Unique Ingredient Identifier — the FDA's non-proprietary, alphanumeric code for a substance ingredient.

InChIKey

A fixed-length hashed form of the IUPAC International Chemical Identifier, used to match a molecule's structure.

HSN Code

Harmonised System of Nomenclature code — the standardised classification used for goods in international trade.

FEI

FDA Establishment Identifier — a unique number assigned to a registered facility or site.

Critical

A material event likely to disrupt supply, approval or compliance immediately — e.g. an import alert or a major recall.

High

A significant development that warrants prompt attention but is not immediately disruptive.

Medium

A noteworthy event that adds important context to an entity's trajectory.

Low

A routine or informational update recorded for completeness and historical continuity.

Every brief is built from official, public-record sources, and we extract only non-copyrightable facts before attaching them to entities and adding original analysis. Each event retains its provenance so the underlying source can be traced. For the full editorial process and our AI-usage disclosure, see the methodology.