The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7301 p663
29 May 2004

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FDA rejects OTC EHC

Emergency hormonal contraception will not be available from US pharmacies without prescription, the Food and Drug Administration has announced. The FDA has said the decision to reject an application for over-the-counter levonorgestrel was not politically motivated but overruled recommendations from its own scientific advisory committee.