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FDA Approves Teva's Plan B Pill for Women 15 Years of Age and Older Without Prescrption

The Food and Drug Administration has approved an amended application from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA, TEVA.TV) to make its Plan B emergency contraceptive pill available for women 15 years of age and older without a prescription.Earlier this month, a federal judge ordered the FDA to make the Plan B pill available to young teens without a prescription, overturning a 2011 Obama-administration decision to restrict access to the drug for girls under age 17. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman of Brooklyn, N.Y., said the Obama administration's decision to restrict access to Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, was arbitrary and unreasonable.The judge criticized the Obama administration's decision to overrule FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, who in late 2011 was set to approve a request by Teva to remove restrictions on the drug, which can stop pregnancy up to three days after intercourse. The judge ordered the FDA to make the pill available without a prescription--and...

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    A key provision in a bill designed to track medication and protect the country's supply chain from the threat of fake or stolen drugs was killed this week in Congres...

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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced that it revoked its approval of Avastin, which is made by Roche Holding AG (NASDAQ:RHHBY), as a drug for th...

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    U.S. health advisers delivered a blow to Roche Holding Wednesday, voting to reject the use of Roche Holding drug Avastin for breast cancer while the Swiss drugmaker ...

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