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  2. Danco Laboratories - Wikipedia

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    In 1997, Gideon Richter withdrew from efforts to manufacture mifepristone in the United States following opposition from pro-life groups, which led to Danco filing a breach of contract lawsuit. [ 6 ] On September 28, 2000, Danco Laboratories received approval to distribute mifepristone (under the Mifeprex brand name) from the US Food and Drug ...

  3. What is mifepristone? Abortion pill under scrutiny in 2 ... - AOL

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  4. Mifepristone - Wikipedia

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    [63] Following use by 34,000 women in France from April 1988 to February 1990 of mifepristone distributed free of charge, Roussel-Uclaf began selling Mifegyne (mifepristone) to hospitals in France in February 1990 at a price (negotiated with the French government) of US$48 (equivalent to $115.53 in 2024) per 600-mg dose.

  5. Medical abortion - Wikipedia

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    Mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone, [68] [69] causing the lining of the uterus to thin, preventing an embryo from latching on to the uterine wall to grow. Methotrexate, which is sometimes used instead of mifepristone, stops the cytotrophoblastic tissue from growing and becoming a functional placenta, the organ that supplies nutrients ...

  6. Trump signals openness to banning abortion pill - AOL

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    The abortion pill mifepristone has been at the center of the political sphere since the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion in 2022. In late 2022, a lawsuit filed in ...

  7. FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine - Wikipedia

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    Mifepristone was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2000. [2] Medication abortion accounts for over half of all abortions in the United States. [3] Under the 2000 approval, mifepristone was approved by the FDA under Congressional regulations granted to them by Subpart H of the FDA's mandate.

  8. Antiprogestogen - Wikipedia

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    Examples include the progesterone receptor weak partial agonist mifepristone, the selective progesterone receptor modulator (SPRM) ulipristal acetate, and the silent antagonist aglepristone. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In medical abortion , mifepristone is combined with a prostaglandin (e.g., gemeprost ), while ulipristal is used for emergency contraception.

  9. GenBioPro - Wikipedia

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    In 2000, GenBioPro's generic version of mifepristone was approved for medication abortion, as part of a two-drug regimen in combination with misoprostol. In 2023, GenBioPro sued the FDA to obtain a legal judgement confirming that mifepristone could continue to be sold, in spite of anti-abortion laws passed in some states.