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Published on 2025-10-21 09:24:09
Japan has for the first time approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its manufacturer says, allowing women in the country to take the medication without prescription.
ASKA Pharmaceutical says wider access to the pill would “empower Japanese women in the area of reproductive health”. A date for it to go on sale has yet to be announced.
The pill will be labelled as “medicine requiring guidance”, meaning women must take it in the presence of a…
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