Morning-after pill sales jump as U.S. access eases
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Sales of the Plan B "morning-after pill" nearly doubled in the past year, exceeding expectations after the U.S. government allowed adults to buy the emergency contraceptive without a prescription.
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Drugmakers Merck & Co.  and Schering-Plough Corp.  reported second-quarter results that handily topped Wall Street expectations on Monday, helped by increased sales of the cholesterol-lowering drugs they co-market and other medicines.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A move to give teenagers public   access to the morning-after contraceptive pill without parental   consent has polarized Chilean society, with many saying it's a   license for kids to have more sex.
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Drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc.  boosted its 2007 earnings forecast on Wednesday, citing better-than-expected sales of multiple products, including its cancer vaccine Gardasil and diabetes drug Januvia.
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The government is considering allowing over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill to women 18 and older &#151; a surprise move Monday that revives efforts to widen access to the emergency contraceptive almost a year after it was thought doomed.
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NEW YORK  - When taken within five days  after unprotected sex, mifepristone works as well for emergency  contraception as the approved drug levonorgestrel, UK  researchers report.
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The Pfizer painkillers Celebrex and Bextra experienced a jump in sales immediately after rival Merck&#39;s Vioxx was pulled from the market in late September, but the gains appear to be short
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WASHINGTON -- Wholesale prices and retail sales jumped in November and jobless claims fell last week.
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Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription &#151; but only with proof they're 18 or older, federal health officials ruled Thursday, capping a contentious 3-year effort to ease access to the emergency contraceptive.
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Walgreen Co., the top US drugstore chain, said Monday its quarterly profit rose 18.1 percent due to rising prescription demand and strong sales from its highly profitable nonpharmacy segment, including digital photo processing.
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The maker of the morning-after pill said it received assurances Tuesday that the government would quickly settle a three-year battle to sell the emergency contraceptive without a prescription to at least some women.
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No. 1 U.S. drugstore chain Walgreen Co.  on Tuesday said sales at stores open at least a year rose 8.5 percent in September, helped by strong pharmacy sales.
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Walgreen Co. WAG.N on Monday posted a  30.5 percent jump in quarterly profit, its largest increase in  four years, boosted by sales of generic drugs and digital photo  processing.
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Some see easy access to emergency contraception as a way to drastically reduce teen pregnancy, already on the decline since the early 1990s. Others worry that its long-term effects on young women are unknown or argue that the drug, also known as the "morning after pill," encourages teens to have sex...
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Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly  at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according to an industry report being released Tuesday
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Easy access to a "morning after pill"  for contraception does not influence the degree to which women  have unprotected sex, according to a study published on  Tuesday.
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U.S. prescription drug sales rose 8.3 percent to $274 billion last year, fueled by the Medicare drug benefit, increased use of generic medicines and new treatments for diseases such as cancer and diabetes, according to a new report.