FDA Upset at Misreporting on Newer Birth Control Pill
It seems that the US Food and Drug Abomination, oh sorry, Administration (FDA) has become upset by what it regards as misreporting by the wire services. No doubt the FDA would be made feel uncomfortable by its pill-pushing friends if it didn't clear this up. So we are treated to a fairly rare event: the FDA is clarifying the interpretation given to its actions.
The FDA released the following statement. It speaks for itself.
FDA Statement on Effectiveness of Newer Birth Control Pills
Recent wire service stories about today's meeting of the FDA Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee have created misperceptions about the effectiveness of newer generation hormonal contraceptives.