Plan B Emergency Contraceptive Switch NDA Planned
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Women's Capital Corporation will file an NDA next year to switch its Plan B emergency contraceptive to OTC status, the company said Dec. 13.
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