Court Ruling Compels Plan B One-Step And Generics Over The Counter

Under a federal judge’s order, FDA must reverse its denial of the Center for Reproductive Rights’ 12-year-old citizen petition and allow universal OTC access to levonorgestrel-based emergency contraceptives within 30 days.

Plan B One-Step and equivalent emergency contraception products must be approved for universal OTC access within 30 days, under a federal judge’s ruling against FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Twelve years after being filed and more than a year after being denied, the Center for Reproductive Rights’ citizen petition seeking OTC status for all levonorgestrel emergency contraceptives was revived...

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