US FDA panel backs first over-the-counter birth control pill
Birth control pills are widely prescribed in the US, but nearly all US patients receive a pill that includes the oestrogen hormone.
Seventeen outside experts from two FDA advisory panels met on Tuesday and Wednesday to deliberate over the safety and effectiveness of Opill. They wrote that HRA Pharma appeared to have relied on low-quality studies, some dating back to when the drug was first approved in 1973. Advisors on the panel said they were mostly confident women of all ages would use the drug as appropriate without first consulting a healthcare provider.
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FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill, teeing up approvalBREAKING: An FDA panel voted to back the sale of an over-the-counter birth control pill, clearing the way for approval.
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FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pillIf the agency follows the nonbinding recommendation, Perrigo’s drug, Opill, would become the first contraceptive pill to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter onto store shelves.
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