Emergency contraceptives
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Advance prescriptions would be first step to increasing access to Women's Capital Corp.' s Plan B and Gynetics' Preven and reducing unintended pregnancies, abortions, American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists says April 30 at group's annual clinical meeting in Chicago. President-elect Thomas Purdon, MD, recommends change in current prescribing practices. Group also calls for eventual OTC switch of drugs; an NDA for Plan B is being prepared for submission this year or next (1"The Tan Sheet" Dec. 18, 2000, p. 3)