UK Doctors Call For Mass Market Access To Emergency Contraceptive Pill

UK doctors are calling for the reclassification of oral emergency hormonal contraceptives (EHCs) from pharmacy (P) medicine status to general sales list (GSL) status in the country. Manufacturer Maxwellia, which markets levonorgestrel-based emergency contraception, LoviOne, says it "has what it takes to get this over the line" with the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. 

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A professional organization representing sexual health physicians in the UK, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), is calling for the reclassification of oral emergency hormonal contraceptives (EHCs) from pharmacy (P) medicine to general sales list (GSL) medicine status in the country.

Backed by eight other UK doctors’ associations, including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of General...

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