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This illustration provided by Perrigo in May 2023, depicts proposed packaging for the company's birth control medication Opill. Federal health advisers said Wednesday, May 10, 2023, that the 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 contraceptive medication. (Perrigo via AP)

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FDA panel backs over-the-counter sales of birth control pill
By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer
Wed,05/10/23-12:24PM , 314 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers 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 contraceptive medication.
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This illustration provided by Perrigo in May, 2023, depicts proposed packaging for the company's birth control medication Opill. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration meet next week to review drugmaker Perrigo's application to sell a decades-old pill over the counter. The two-day public meeting is one of the last steps before an FDA decision. (Perrigo via AP)

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Over-the-counter birth control pill faces FDA questions
By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer
Fri,05/05/23-9:49AM , 304 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription.
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This photo provided by Seres Therapeutics shows manufacturing equipment for oral microbiome therapeutic capsules in the company's Cambridge, Mass., facility in May 2022. On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, U.S. health officials approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants. (Genevieve de Manio/Seres Therapeutics via AP)

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First pill for fecal transplants wins FDA approval
By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer
Wed,04/26/23-5:42PM , 523 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants.
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This image provided by Biogen in April 2023 shows the company's drug Qalsody. On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, the FDA approved the first-of-a-kind drug for a rare form of Lou Gehrig’s disease, though they are requiring further research to confirm it truly helps patients. (Biogen via AP)

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Drug for rare form of Lou Gehrig’s disease OK'd by FDA
By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer
Tue,04/25/23-12:38PM , 310 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Food and Drug Administration regulators on Tuesday approved a first-of-a-kind drug for a rare form of Lou Gehrig’s disease, though they are requiring further research to confirm it truly helps patients.
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