Use Case

Residential Proxies for Healthcare & Pharma

Monitor drug pricing, gather regulatory and clinical data, and track competitive landscapes across global health markets. Built for life sciences research and pharma analytics.

205M+Residential IPs
195+Countries
99.9%Uptime SLA
<500msAvg Response

Trusted by 50,000+ clients worldwide

The Challenge

Why Healthcare & Pharma needs residential proxies

Drug Prices Vary by Country and Pharmacy

The same medication can cost 10x more in one country vs. another. Tracking pricing across pharmacy chains, regional regulators, and online dispensaries requires geo-distributed residential IPs across every target market.

Regulatory Portals Are Region-Locked

FDA, EMA, MHRA, and other regulators serve different content based on visitor geography. Building a global view of approvals, safety signals, and label changes requires residential access across jurisdictions.

Clinical Trial Data Spans Many Sources

Trial registries, sponsor sites, and academic papers each surface different details. Aggregating a complete view requires reliable scraping across dozens of sources, many of which block automated traffic.

Compliance and Patient Privacy

Pharma firms must collect public data without crossing into PHI territory or violating regional privacy laws. Residential proxies enable compliant scraping of public sources while maintaining audit-grade traffic logs.

Solutions

How Shifter powers Healthcare & Pharma

Real-world applications of residential proxies in Healthcare & Pharma.

Drug Pricing & Availability

Track prices and stock across pharmacy chains, online dispensaries, and government formularies in every region. Power competitive pricing analytics, price-parity reporting, and procurement decisions.

Regulatory Monitoring

Monitor FDA, EMA, MHRA, PMDA, and other regulator portals for approvals, label changes, safety alerts, and policy updates. Geo-targeted residential IPs see content as local stakeholders do.

Clinical Trial Intelligence

Aggregate trial registry data, sponsor pipelines, and academic publications. Build competitive intelligence on indications, endpoints, enrollment, and timelines across the global pharma landscape.

Real-World Evidence Mining

Collect public RWE signals from forums, review platforms, and patient communities. Aggregate sentiment, side-effect reports, and adoption signals to inform launch and post-market surveillance decisions.

Competitive Pipeline Tracking

Track competitor pipelines, M&A signals, and licensing deals from corporate sites, press releases, and conference proceedings. Surface opportunities and threats earlier than human analysts alone.

Health Insurance & Coverage Data

Monitor formulary listings, prior authorization rules, and reimbursement policies across payers and regions. Power market access strategy and reimbursement landscape analysis.

Data Points

What you can collect

Key data points that Healthcare & Pharma companies collect with residential proxies.

Pricing & Availability

  • Retail pharmacy prices
  • Wholesaler and discount card rates
  • Online dispensary inventory
  • Government formulary tiers
  • Copay and coinsurance signals
  • International price benchmarks

Regulatory & Safety

  • Approval and label changes
  • Safety alerts and recalls
  • Adverse event signals
  • Inspection and enforcement actions
  • Policy and guidance updates
  • Region-specific filings

Clinical & Pipeline

  • Trial registry entries
  • Sponsor pipeline pages
  • Conference abstract and posters
  • Academic publications
  • Investigator and site data
  • Indication and endpoint trends
Features

High-performance residential proxies

Enterprise-grade infrastructure built for scale, speed, and reliability.

HTTP(S) & SOCKS5

Full protocol support for any tool, browser, or framework. Switch protocols without changing your proxy endpoint.

Geo-Targeting at Every Level

Target by country, region, city, or ASN across 195+ countries. Get location-accurate data from any market in the world.

Unlimited Connections

No connection caps or hidden limits. Run as many concurrent requests as your infrastructure can handle.

Flexible Proxy Rotation

Rotate IPs using a session ID (sid) or time-to-live (ttl). If neither is set, a new IP is assigned per request by default.

Flexible Authentication

All requests use username/password authentication. Secure access with simple credentials across all integrations.

Real-Time Dashboard

Full-featured dashboard for real-time usage monitoring. Track traffic, connections, and performance with ease.

The first residential proxy provider. Now one of the largest.

Since 2012, Shifter has grown into a global proxy network trusted by over 50,000 clients including Fortune 500 companies. Connect from anywhere, access local data without restrictions, while preserving complete privacy and security.

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Integration

Integrate in seconds

A single line of code is all you need. Works with any language or tool.

Drop-in proxy support for every stack

Shifter works with standard proxy configuration. No proprietary SDK, no vendor lock-in. Just point your HTTP client to our endpoint and start collecting data.

  • Single gateway: p.shifter.io:443
  • Username selectors for geo, ASN, and session control
  • Sticky sessions via sid-XXX; rotate with a new sid
  • HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 supported on standard ports
  • No SDK required, works with any HTTP client
curl -x p.shifter.io:443 \
  -U "customer-USERNAME-country-us-sid-123ABC:PASSWORD" \
  https://ipinfo.io/json
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

Fixed monthly plans with included bandwidth. No hidden fees. Scale as your usage grows.

Starter40% OFF
$3.50/GB
$2.10/GB
$35$21/month·10 GB

What's included

  • 10 GB bandwidth
  • HTTP(S) + SOCKS5
  • City-level targeting
  • API access
  • Priority support
Basic40% OFF
$3.00/GB
$1.80/GB
$75$45/month·25 GB

What's included

  • 25 GB bandwidth
  • HTTP(S) + SOCKS5
  • City-level targeting
  • API access
  • Priority support
BusinessPopular40% OFF
$2.50/GB
$1.50/GB
$249$149/month·100 GB

What's included

  • 100 GB bandwidth
  • HTTP(S) + SOCKS5
  • City-level targeting
  • API access
  • Priority support
Growth40% OFF
$2.00/GB
$1.20/GB
$499$299/month·250 GB

What's included

  • 250 GB bandwidth
  • HTTP(S) + SOCKS5
  • City-level targeting
  • API access
  • Priority support
Compare

Save up to 60% vs competitors

Same enterprise features, fraction of the cost.

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$2.00
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FAQ

Frequently asked FAQ questions

Common questions about proxies for Healthcare & Pharma.

Collecting publicly available data is generally compliant, but pharma and healthcare firms must avoid PHI and respect regional privacy laws like HIPAA in the US, GDPR in Europe, and equivalents elsewhere. Always work with compliance teams to scope public-only data collection and document audit trails.

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