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HRA Pharma bids to bring first OTC contraceptive pill to US

July 12, 2022

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The move comes as access to birth control becomes a pivotal issue following the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court last month to strip US women of their constitutional protection for the right to abortion, although the company says that the timing is a coincidence.

HR Pharma has filed for a prescription to OTC switch for Opill, a decades-old daily progestin-only pill, just a few weeks after its $2 billion takeover by Ireland-headquartered Perrigo was completed.

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