TY  - JOUR
T1  - SCience, politics, and over-the-counter emergency contraception
AU  - Steinbrook R
Y1  - 2012/01/25
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.1957
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 365
EP  - 366
VL  - 307
IS  - 4
N2  - 
Emphasizing a concern about nonprescription use by the youngest girls of reproductive age, Sebelius wrote to Margaret Hamburg, MD, the FDA commissioner that the studies submitted to the agency “do not include data on all ages for which the drug would be approved and available over the counter” and “do not establish that prescription dispensing requirements should be eliminated for all ages.”1 Although the Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary has the legal authority under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reverse an FDA decision, Sebelius was apparently the first to ever do so.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1957
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1957
ER  -