Group seeks re-vote on birth control clot risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A watchdog group on Thursday urged the Food And Drug Administration to hold a new vote about blood clot risks from popular Birth Control pills, after advisers to the agency were shown to have ties to the pillmakers. The FDA asked outside experts in December to discuss the safety of birth control that contains the compound drospirenone, including Bayer's Yaz and Yasmin. The panel decided by a four-vote margin that the benefit of pregnancy prevention from these pills outweighed their risk of dangerous blood clots. ... read more..
source:yahoo.com
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