Advisors of the Food and Drug Administration They will meet in May to discuss whether the agency should allow birth control pills to be sold without a prescription.
A pill called Opill from the French drug manufacturer HRA Pharma, eIt is currently approved by the FDA to prevent pregnancy.but it is only available with a prescription.
Decision
If approved, Opill would be the first birth control pill available without a prescription in the US.
Approximately 45% of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
license to sell
American Medical Association she called for the sale of contraceptive pills to be allowed without a prescriptionsaying it could remove barriers and increase access to contraception.
Two of the FDA’s advisory committees, the Nonprescription Drug Advisory Committee and the Urological and Reproductive Medicine Advisory Committee, were originally scheduled to meet on Nov. 18, but the agency moved that date to “view additional requested information regarding Opill Rx-to-OTC Exchange”, according to the company.
Opill
Opill is a progestin-only medicine, also known as the “mini pill”. Progestin is a synthetic hormone that mimics the effects of progesterone in the body. Oral contraceptive pills generally consist of the hormones estrogen and/or progestin and are taken once a day.