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Vaginal Ring Offers Convenience, Reliability & Low Dose Hormones

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 29th, 2001

Organon, Inc., announced that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to market NuvaRing (etonogestrel/ethinyl estradiol vaginal ring), the first monthly vaginal ring for birth control.

NuvaRing is a flexible, transparent ring that provides month-long contraceptive protection and can be discretely administered by a woman in the privacy of her own home. The product works by releasing a continuous low dose of estrogen and progestin, on average 0.120 mg of etonogestrel and 0.015 mg of ethinyl estradiol, per day over a 21-day period of use.

"NuvaRing truly is birth control for the new millennium," said Dr. Larry Seidman, clinical...

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