Overthecounter

Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication. The panel of FDA…

A leading expert panel said Wednesday that the birth control pill Opill should be sold without a prescription. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted unanimously in support of making the drug available over-the-counter. Agency…

Topline A panel of independent experts voted unanimously to recommend the Food and Drug Administration make birth control pill Opill available over-the-counter without a prescription, an endorsement that could transform how contraception is…

By Matthew Perrone | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter…

The contraceptive pill first became available in 1960. It uses female hormones to control fertility ... (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)SSPL via Getty Images Today, during a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee meeting, a…

Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication.…

A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday that the benefits of making a birth control pill available without a prescription outweigh the risks, a significant step in the decades-long push to…

A panel of federal advisers voted Wednesday to back a drugmaker's request to sell a kind of birth control pills over-the-counter, clearing the way for the Food and Drug Administration to approve the first sale of oral contraception…

A panel of outside advisors to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted Wednesday that the benefits of making a birth control pill available over the counter outweigh the potential risks. The vote represents a major step…

It was like a tale of two birth control pills.At a hearing Tuesday to consider whether the Food and Drug Administration should authorize the country’s first over-the-counter birth control pill, a panel of independent medical experts…