Today Sponge
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Allendale Pharmaceuticals expects to bring the female contraceptive to market in the first quarter of 2000. The firm plans to submit its supplemental NDA to FDA in mid-November. Allendale noted it already has reached an agreement with a major drug chain and expects to ship the sponge, which will come in 3- and 6-count sizes, to food, drug and mass outlets. A Web site, todaysponge.com, is under construction. The company first announced its intent to reintroduce the nonoxynol-9 contraceptive in March (1"The Tan Sheet" March 15, p. 14). American Home Products discontinued manufacturing the product in 1995 for economic reasons