{"id":1548424,"date":"2022-07-11T09:19:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1548424"},"modified":"2022-07-11T09:19:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:19:40","slug":"drugmaker-asks-us-regulators-for-approval-of-over-the-counter-birth-control-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drugmaker-asks-us-regulators-for-approval-of-over-the-counter-birth-control-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Drugmaker Asks US Regulators for Approval of Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrugmaker-asks-us-regulators-for-approval-of-over-the-counter-birth-control-pill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1548424&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A drugmaker has asked U.S. regulators for approval for an over-the-counter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-birth-control\">birth control<\/a> pill.<\/p>\n<p>The pill would be the first one available in the United States over-the-counter (OTC) if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-food-and-drug-administration\">Food and Drug Administration<\/a> (FDA) approves the application from HRA Pharma.<\/p>\n<p>The progestin-only daily pill could be obtained without a prescription if approval goes through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis historic application marks a groundbreaking moment in contraceptive access and reproductive equity in the U.S.,\u201d Fre\u0301de\u0301rique Welgryn, chief strategic operations and innovation officer at HRA Pharma, said in a statement. \u201cMore than 60 years ago, prescription birth control pills in the U.S. empowered women to plan if and when they want to get pregnant. Moving a safe and effective prescription birth control pill to OTC will help even more women and people access contraception without facing unnecessary barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many birth control pills contain both estrogen and progestin. But estrogen increases the risk of serious blood clots, leading more companies to develop pills with only progestin, a synthetic form of a hormone that works by preventing the release of eggs, according to the National Library of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>A number of large medical groups, including the\u00a0American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, have in recent years called for regulators to allow access to birth control pills without a prescription.<\/p>\n<p>The college in 2019 also said that access should not be restricted due to age.<\/p>\n<p>The pill from HRA Pharma, Opill, has been used as a prescribed form of birth control for nearly 50 years after being approved by the FDA in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>Perrigo, which bought\u00a0HRA Pharma for about $2 billion in 2021, said that removing the prescription requirement for Opill \u201cwould improve access to a contraceptive method that is well tolerated and notably more effective at preventing pregnancy than all current methods available OTC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drugmaker has asked U.S. regulators for approval for an over-the-counter birth control pill. The pill would be the first one available in the United States over-the-counter (OTC) if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the application from HRA Pharma. The progestin-only daily pill could be obtained without a prescription if approval goes through. 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