The Food and Drug Administration said it has scheduled a meeting to discuss a proposed birth control pill that would be accessible over the counter.
U.S., the pill from pharmaceutical company Perrigo
would be the first birth control pill in the country to be available without a prescription, according toPerrigo's Opill is a progestin-only, daily oral contraceptive. It has been available for sale with a prescription since 1973, but in July, Perrigo parent company, HRA Pharma, applied to the FDA to make it available over the counter.: The Nov.
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