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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Perrone

FDA weighing 1st over-the-counter birth control pill

Perrigo

U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription.

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration meet next week to review drugmaker Perrigo's application to sell a decades-old pill over the counter. The two-day public meeting is one of the last steps before an FDA decision.

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