print email comment close Food and Drug Administration: Decision Process to Deny Initial Application for Over-the-Counter Marketing of the Emergency Contraceptive Drug Plan B Was Unusual URL: http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-06-109 Description: November 2005 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report about unusual aspects in the decision-making process that resulted in the FDA's 2004 decision against letting the morning-after birth control pill (also known as "Plan B") be sold without a prescription. Includes highlights from the report and the full report. Publisher: Government Accountability Office (GAO) Extra Keywords OTC GAO-06-109 pregnancy ru-486 ru486 contraception Library of Congress Subject Headings: Birth control Contraceptives, Postcoital Drug approval -- United States Pharmaceutical policy -- United States United States. Food and Drug Administration LII Database Information: Record 19734 created by Maria Brandt on 11/15/2005 Last modification on 10/09/2009 Published: 11/17/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19734