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Wyeth receives approvable letter from U.S. FDA for combination oral contraceptive

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 30th, 2006

Wyeth (WYE) announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued an approvable letter for Lybrel (90 microgram levonorgestrel/20 mircrogram ethinyl estradiol tablets), a low dose, continuous, noncyclic combination oral contraceptive.

In response to the approvable letter, Wyeth will submit additional stability data regarding the Lybrel manufacturing method and additional analyses of submitted clinical data. The agency also indicated that it plans to convene a public meeting of contraceptive experts this year to discuss the clinical aspects of Lybrel.

The anticipated topics include a review of the U.S. Pearl Index (a calculation of the...

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