sixuexing/FAERS-NLP

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adverse-event
clinical
disease
drug
faers
nlp

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FAERS-NLP

Version: 1.0
Author: sixuexing GitHub: FAERS-NLP Repository


Dataset Summary

FAERS-NLP is a cleaned and processed version of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), formatted for natural language retrieval and drug–adverse effect–disease relation extraction.

Each record corresponds to a single adverse event report, including structured and semi-structured fields suitable for NLP tasks.


Dataset Structure

Each CSV row contains the following columns:

ColumnDescription
safetyreportidUnique ID of the safety report
safetyreportversionVersion number of the report
occurcountryCountry where the event occurred
reporttypeType of report (e.g., Study report, Spontaneous report)
seriousWhether the event is serious (Yes/No)
serious_specificSpecific seriousness criteria (e.g., Hospitalization)
receivedateDate FDA received the report (YYYYMMDD)
transmissiondateDate report was transmitted (YYYYMMDD)
companynumbCompany identifier
sendertypeType of sender (Regulatory Authority, Manufacturer, etc.)
senderorganizationName of reporting organization
patientonsetagePatient age at onset
patientonsetageunitUnit of age (Year, Month, etc.)
patientsexPatient sex
reactionsAdverse reactions reported (with recovery status)
drugs_specificFull description of drugs in report
drugnamesList of drug names
activesubstancenamesList of active substances
drugindicationsIndications for the drugs


FAERS source:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Public Dashboard. https://fis.fda.gov/extensions/FPD-QDE-FAERS/FPD-QDE-FAERS.html

This dataset:
sixuexing. FAERS-NLP: A processed dataset for drug-adverse event-disease relation extraction. Hugging Face Dataset. Version 1.0. https://huggingface.co/datasets/sixuexing/FAERS-NLP

You can cite in BibTeX format:

@misc{faers-nlp,
  author = {Xing, Sixue},
  title = {FAERS-NLP: A processed dataset for drug-adverse event-disease relation extraction},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/sixuexing/FAERS-NLP}},
  note = {Derived from FDA FAERS public data: \url{https://fis.fda.gov/extensions/FPD-QDE-FAERS/FPD-QDE-FAERS.html}}
}

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XI
xingsixue123

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sixuexing/FAERS-NLP

Dataset

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stars

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commits

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linked in READMEs

Oct 3, 2025

updated

adverse-event
clinical
disease
drug
faers
nlp

README

FAERS-NLP

Version: 1.0
Author: sixuexing GitHub: FAERS-NLP Repository


Dataset Summary

FAERS-NLP is a cleaned and processed version of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), formatted for natural language retrieval and drug–adverse effect–disease relation extraction.

Each record corresponds to a single adverse event report, including structured and semi-structured fields suitable for NLP tasks.


Dataset Structure

Each CSV row contains the following columns:

ColumnDescription
safetyreportidUnique ID of the safety report
safetyreportversionVersion number of the report
occurcountryCountry where the event occurred
reporttypeType of report (e.g., Study report, Spontaneous report)
seriousWhether the event is serious (Yes/No)
serious_specificSpecific seriousness criteria (e.g., Hospitalization)
receivedateDate FDA received the report (YYYYMMDD)
transmissiondateDate report was transmitted (YYYYMMDD)
companynumbCompany identifier
sendertypeType of sender (Regulatory Authority, Manufacturer, etc.)
senderorganizationName of reporting organization
patientonsetagePatient age at onset
patientonsetageunitUnit of age (Year, Month, etc.)
patientsexPatient sex
reactionsAdverse reactions reported (with recovery status)
drugs_specificFull description of drugs in report
drugnamesList of drug names
activesubstancenamesList of active substances
drugindicationsIndications for the drugs


FAERS source:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Public Dashboard. https://fis.fda.gov/extensions/FPD-QDE-FAERS/FPD-QDE-FAERS.html

This dataset:
sixuexing. FAERS-NLP: A processed dataset for drug-adverse event-disease relation extraction. Hugging Face Dataset. Version 1.0. https://huggingface.co/datasets/sixuexing/FAERS-NLP

You can cite in BibTeX format:

@misc{faers-nlp,
  author = {Xing, Sixue},
  title = {FAERS-NLP: A processed dataset for drug-adverse event-disease relation extraction},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/sixuexing/FAERS-NLP}},
  note = {Derived from FDA FAERS public data: \url{https://fis.fda.gov/extensions/FPD-QDE-FAERS/FPD-QDE-FAERS.html}}
}

Contributors

XI
xingsixue123

4 commits