Contraception

FDA panel votes to allow sale of emergency contraceptive

Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 15th, 2004

Barr Laboratories, Inc., (BRL) and Women's Capital Corporation (WCC) announced that two U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committees have recommended that Plan B, now available by prescription only as an emergency contraceptive, be permitted to be sold without a prescription.

The recommendation came following a joint meeting of the FDA's Nonprescription Drugs and Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committees. The FDA will now consider the recommendation. In presentations to the committees, Barr and WCC, among others, stated that increased education about the availability of the Plan B emergency contraceptive, and lowering of barriers that delay access,...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-01-15)

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