sponsor_to_filer

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Resolve an organization NAME — especially a clinical-trial sponsor, drug developer, or operating subsidiary — to the US-listed public FILER that reports it (ticker + SEC CIK). Built for the join that plain ticker/name lookup fails: trial registries (ClinicalTrials.gov) name operating subsidiaries ("Merck Sharp and Dohme"), while SEC names the listed parent ("Merck & Co", MRK). This tool bridges that gap and, crucially, tells you WHY a name does not resolve instead of collapsing every miss to "not found". Returns a `status`: "resolved" (name is itself a US-listed filer), "resolved_via_parent" (name is a subsidiary; resolved to its listed parent, with evidence + confidence), "us_registrant_unlisted" (has an SEC CIK but no public listing and no listed parent — typically a private company that filed a Form D or draft registration), or "no_us_registrant" (no US SEC presence at all — typically a non-US-listed or foreign private company). Use before joining trial sponsors to public financials, ownership, or filings.