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Mifepristone, also
known by its
developmental code name RU-486, is a
medication typically used in
combination with
misoprostol to
bring about a medical...
- combination:
mifepristone followed by misoprostol. This two-drug
combination is more
effective than
other drug combinations. When
mifepristone is not available...
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challenge the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)'s
approval of
mifepristone, a drug
frequently used in
medical abortion procedures. The plaintiffs...
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abortion drug
mifepristone. In 1999
GenBioPro obtained Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
authorization to sell a
generic version of
mifepristone (before that...
- of this
dispute has
arisen concerning mifepristone, an
antiprogestogen and
antiglucocorticoid drug.
Mifepristone is
approved (under the
brand name Mifeprex)...
- developed, but only three—
mifepristone, lilopristone, and onapristone—have been
administered to humans. Of these, only
mifepristone has been
approved and...
- work as a harm
reduction strategy designed to
provide safe
access to
mifepristone and
misoprostol for
those able to
become pregnant in the
United States...
- deaths.
Modern methods use
medication or
surgery for abortions. The drug
mifepristone (aka RU-486) in
combination with
prostaglandin appears to be as safe...
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Developed in
France in 1980,
mifepristone was
approved by the FDA in 2000 for
abortion in the U.S.
Since then,
mifepristone has been
marketed by
Danco Laboratories...
- and
distributes the
medical abortion drugs mifepristone (marketed as Mi****yne) and misoprostol.
Mifepristone was
originally developed by the
French pharmaceutical...
