Judge Likely To Order Lower Age Restriction For Emergency Contraceptives
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A federal judge seems inclined to order FDA to make emergency contraceptives available OTC to women younger than 17, but he did not say whether the use would be limited to Teva’s Plan B One-Step, or would include all nonprescription levonorgestrel products.
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