Will Influences Behind US FDA's Delayed Approval For OTC Plan B Also Shadow ‘Plan A’ Switch?

FDA history with emergency contraceptives and opioid overdose antidote naloxone doesn’t assure Jeffrey Singer, Valley Surgical Clinics founder and advocate for making more drugs available OTC, the agency will approve HRA Pharma's NDA for OTC 0.075-mg norgestrel.

An Arizona surgeon and advocate for making more pharmaceutical products available OTC isn’t sure the Food and Drug Administration is ready to approve the change for a drug he’s singled out as a prime candidate, daily oral contraceptives.

The FDA’s history with emergency contraceptives and with opioid overdose antidote naloxone doesn’t assure Jeffrey Singer, president emeritus and founder...