Plan B Ruling: Little Commercial Impact, Big Policy Implications
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The court ruling overturning FDA's restricted distribution of the emergency contraceptive Plan B could have a number of implications for the biopharma industry - ranging from a near-term impact on confirmation of Obama administration nominees to a longer-term curbing of creative product risk management activities
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