Aska Pharmaceutical has applied to sell its emergency contraceptive pill Norlevo without a prescription, according to a recent announcement by the company, marking a potential shift in Japan’s ...

Women who use an oral contraceptive might want to consider using a back-up method after starting a weight loss drug.

Researchers found that women who had taken desogestrel continuously for more than five years had a slightly elevated risk of ...

A new study suggests a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dosage as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used ...

Novo Nordisk (NVO) announced a new $2.2 billion deal with San Francisco-based biotech Septerna (SEPN) for obesity pills — the latest in a series of moves by the Danish drugmaker as it hopes to ...

The FDA claimed the presentation minimized the risks associated with Nextstellis and misrepresented how the drug compares to rival estrogen-containing combined hormonal contraceptives. Those ...

Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) that he has asked Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary to “do a complete review” on mifepristone following a report from an anti-abortion group that ...

You get busy and forget to take your birth control pill. It might feel scary, but it doesn’t always mean you’ll get pregnant. Birth control pills don’t prevent pregnancy 100% of the time.

A Kentucky man was arrested while driving in Indiana after police found 8,000 to 10,000 suspected fentanyl pills in his vehicle, officials said. According to police, officers with the Lake County ...

The jabs have been reported to have fuelled a ‘baby boom’, with women saying online they have had ‘Ozempic babies’ despite ...