The Food and Drug Administration approved Opill, the first over-the-counter oral birth control pill, and because it’s a type of birth control called a mini pill, it’s safer for some patients than ...

Getty Images When taken as directed, norgestrel has 98% efficacy in preventing pregnancy in individuals who are adherent to the daily regimen. Norgestrel, (Opill) is the first over-the-counter (OTC) ...

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 ...

FDA staff raised concerns over the prospect of a contraceptive pill for over the counter (OTC) use, and questioned whether sufficient evidence exists that consumers would take the pill appropriately, ...

A team of Food and Drug Administration staff revealed Friday that they have a number of reservations over a drugmaker's request to become the first in the U.S. to sell birth control pills without a ...

Details concerning the Norgestrel combination medication encompass its pricing as well as its availability in various forms, including tablets, capsules, syrups, creams, gels, ointments, liquids, and ...

In a dramatic first, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a daily oral contraceptive available without a prescription. Consumers can easily buy the drug, named Opill (norgestrel), at grocery ...

The Food and Drug Administration's independent experts are meeting to make a recommendation on whether the FDA should approve over-the-counter sales of birth control medication for the first time. HRA ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may approve birth control pills over-the-counter by the summer, but they expressed hesitation due to concerns over errors in submitted data on the drug's safety.

Pfizer Inc. announced a recall of a popular birth control. The company said Tuesday that it would be recalling Lo/Ovral-28 (norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) tablets and 14 lots of Norgestrel and ...

This approval allows Lupin to market a generic equivalent of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals LLC's Lo/Ovral-28 (Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets) 0.3 mg/0.03 mg in the United States. This approval ...