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...Plan B is a synthetic form of progesterone, a hormone commonly used in birth-control pills, and it works by by preventing ovulation, preventing fertilization of the egg, or stopping a fertilized egg from lodging in the uterus. The FDA first approved Plan B, now owned by Delaware's Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., for use with a prescription in 1999, but the controversy erupted in 2003. That's when FDA officials rejected the recommendation of their scientific advisers and refused to grant Plan B approval for over-the-counter use. The acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research...
...wall of the uterus, resulting in what anti--abortion-rights advocates say is effectively an abortion. In any case, it can do nothing to end an existing pregnancy. About 1.3 million prescriptions for Plan B were filled last year, generating $30 million in revenue for its manufacturer, Barr Pharmaceuticals. Now that Wal-Mart has agreed to stock it, so will every major pharmacy chain in the country...
...balloon in its Thanksgiving Day parade. The majority of the hometown retailers owned by May, including Marshall Field's, will be converted to the Macy's nameplate this fall, among them Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Filene's in Boston; Strawbridge's in Philadelphia; Foley's in Houston; Famous-Barr in St. Louis, Mo.; and Robinsons-May in Southern California. Federated has already renamed South Florida's Burdine's, Bon Marché in the Northwest, Rich's in Atlanta and Lazarus in Ohio. Only May's Lord & Taylor chain has retained its name--and it is up for sale...
...Barr, a Republican, was a member of the House of Representatives from Georgia from...
...easy access to Plan B prescriptions. It is a commendable way to combat the consequences of a flawed FDA ruling. If the FDA continues to inject politics into drug decisions, it will undermine the credibility of its evaluations of drug safety. For the short term, the FDA should reconsider Barr Pharmaceutical’s application to make Plan B over-the-counter. For the long term, the FDA must acquiesce to permanent oversight in order to prevent missteps like these from happening in the future...