Supreme Court’s Stay Of Mifepristone Ruling Gives FDA Respite For Next Round

Medication abortion pill can remain on the market under current conditions until appeal on the merits of the preliminary injunction is decided. Justice Alito dissents, noting that FDA could exercise its enforcement discretion to prevent harm to mifepristone manufacturer Danco.

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Supreme Court grants stay of district court order suspending approval of medication abortion drug mifepristone • Source: Shutterstock

The outcry from the biopharmaceutical industry and a host of other organizations may have helped sway the U.S. Supreme Court to stay an order by a Texas district court judge suspending the US Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 approval of the medication abortion drug mifepristone.

On Friday night, the court granted applications by the FDA and Danco Laboratories, manufacturer of the brand name drug Mifeprex,...

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