Transdermal Delivery Trumps Advisory Panel Concerns About Blood Clots With J&J’s Ortho Evra
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
With an eye toward keeping the contraceptive patch as an alternative to birth control pills, the Reproductive Health Drugs and Drug Safety and Risk Management Committees voted 19-5 on Dec. 9 that the benefits of the contraceptive patch outweigh its risks.
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