FDA and the Plan B Emergency Contraception Drug: Lessons for Future Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Kip Piper -0
Regardless where you come down on the issue of contraception and availability of the new Plan B "morning after" pill, the Food and Drug Administration's handing of Plan B provides ample evidence against expanded regulation of the pharmaceutical industry.
Plan B, an emergency contraction drug, was approved for sale by...
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