For example, a company called Cadence is working on getting FDA approval for a birth control pill with a different formulation that would also be available over the counter without a prescription. But ...

Shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, an application for an over-the-counter birth control pill was submitted to the FDA. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains the difference between this ...

Share on Pinterest Opill, the first FDA-approved over-the-counter birth control pill, has shipped to major retailers and pharmacies and is now for sale online. Morsa Images/Getty Images Online orders ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is set to review a drugmaker’s application for the first over-the-counter birth control pill in November 2022, with a decision expected in the first half of 2023.

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and set off a cascade of abortion bans around the country, access to contraception has taken on increased importance. To get birth control pills and ...

As researchers that have supported building evidence around contraceptive safety, effectiveness and interests, we were thrilled when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced they had ...

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Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. The FDA has now ...

WASHINGTON — Federal health advisors said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter ...

The rollout is underway for Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the United States, and online sales began Monday morning. Consumers can start ordering Opill online Monday, ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators are weighing the first request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription. But in an initial review posted Friday, the Food and Drug ...

Arizona has become the latest of twelve states across the country to provide contraceptives over the counter without a prescription, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday. The rule will go into effect ...