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Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesPfizer's twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill has now joined a long list of other scrapped drugs that aimed to treat obesity but…

Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy and manage early miscarriage.Soumyabrata…

A container holding boxes of Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 2023.Evelyn…

Last week, the FDA approved Opill (norgestrel), the first daily oral…

One of the world's largest studies on the impact of cholesterol-lowering medication has highlighted an issue with a new class of drugs that could impair lung function in some patients.…

The Food and Drug Administration’s July 13, 2023, approval of the first over-the-counter birth control pill, called Opill, broadens the options for people seeking to prevent pregnancy.…

Early clinical trials of norgestrel, the active ingredient in Opill, have shown that the pills can be up to 98 percent effective at preventing pregnancy, but only when the drug is taken…

On July 13, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a drugmaker’s application for the first daily over-the-counter birth control pill for people seeking to prevent…

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WASHINGTON -- A daily oral contraceptive pill containing norgestrel can be…