Merck & Co. agreed to pay $100 million to settle thousands of lawsuits concerning Merck's NuvaRing contraceptive device. The lawsuits allege that NuvaRing potentially causes fatal blood clots. The settlement will provide an...
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FDA declines to define "natural" in the context of food products
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a response letter Thursday declining to define “Natural” in the context of food labeling. The letter was in response to three cases involving allegations of false advertising...
The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday dismissed a complaint challenging the US government's search of a laptop without reasonable suspicion. The complaint was filed by the...
Emergency Contraception: The FDA's Departure and Return to Health Over Politics
Alyson Schwartz, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Government has regulated public access to contraceptives for centuries. During the nineteenth century, the distribution of contraceptives was regulated under the Comstock Act of 1873, which banned the sending of obscene and lewd material through the mail. In addition to...
Increased Access to Emergency Contraception in Tummino is Good Policy and Good Precedent
Andrea Miller, University of Minnesota Law School, Class of 2015
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday that it has officially approved the brand-name emergency contraceptive Plan B Onestep for all women of child-bearing potential without a prescription, regardless of age ....
Judge Edward Korman of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Wednesday approved the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plan to make the Plan B emergency...
The US Department of Justice and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that neither agency will seek to continue the appeal of a ruling that allows women of all ages to access emergency...
Federal appeals court refuses to block emergency contraceptive order
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered Wednesday that the two-pill variety of the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B be made immediately available to all individuals regardless of age. A...