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Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists, or GLP-1s, is skyrocketing in the United States, with more than nine million prescriptions for Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and similar diabetes and obesity drugs written during the last three months of 2022 alone. Zepbound weekly prescriptions hit 25,000 in December 2023, just one month after it was approved to treat obesity. These drugs may make oral birth control pills less effective at certain points in the dosing schedule, making an unintended pregnancy more likely.

The U.S. health regulator’s reviewers on Friday raised concerns around allowing Perrigo Co’s birth control drug over the counter, saying switching to non-prescription sale could lead to inappropriate usage by consumers.

Women whose employers have opted out of covering contraceptives under their health insurance plans on religious grounds would gain no-cost access to birth control under a rule proposed by the Biden administration on Monday.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed a meeting of its advisory panel to discuss Perrigo Co. Plc’s over-the-counter (OTC) contraceptive, the drugmaker said on Wednesday.