Allendale Pharmaceuticals

Birth-control sponge near U.S. return

Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, April 25th, 2004

Marisa Dawson is delighted to say she has had many "spongeworthy" moments in the year since the Today birth-control sponge came back onto the market by way of Canada.

"I'm in heaven," said Dawson, a nurse who been buying boxes of the sponge regularly from a website because the product cannot legally be sold in this country yet.

She said the sponge has restored spontaneity to her sex life with her longtime boyfriend, and she has not gotten pregnant. "Time to reorder," she wisecracked, with only nine sponges in the cupboard.

Like thousands of other Internet buyers and former sponge users, Dawson wants to be able to buy them in U.S....

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Source: Medical Device Law Weekly (2004-04-25)

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