The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that two lots of Tydemy, a birth control pill, may have reduced effectiveness due to decreased levels of ascorbic acid in the product.
Federal regulators are warning consumers that now-recalled lots of the Tydemy birth control pill “may have reduced effectiveness” due to decreased levels of a key ingredient of the product. Lupin Pharmaceuticals, which manufactures Tydemy, notified customers on Saturday that it was voluntarily recalling two batches of the oral contraceptive — after one lot tested low for ascorbic acid and high “for a known impurity.” Inadequate ascorbic acid “could potentially impact the effectiveness" of the birth control, Lupin said in a company announcement published by the Food and Drug Administration, which could result in unexpected pregnancy.
A group of Democratic senators on Friday urged the manufacturer of the first over-the-counter birth control pill available in the U.S. to set an affordable retail price and begin “broad distribution” as soon as possible. Opill, which is made by the Dublin-based Perrigo, was approved for sale without a prescription by the Food and Drug…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, broadening access to buy birth control pills without a prescription.