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  2. Mifepristone - Wikipedia

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    Mifepristone, and also known by its developmental code name RU-486, is a drug typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy. [8] This combination is 97% effective [ 9 ] during the first 63 days (9 weeks) of pregnancy , yet effective in the second trimester as well.

  3. Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion ...

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    A Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, a ruling that could test “shield laws” in ...

  4. Medical abortion - Wikipedia

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    In 1981, French pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf developed the antiprogestogen mifepristone (also known as RU-486). [100] [7] [43] ...

  5. Corcept Therapeutics - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, Corcept's revenue nearly doubled to $159.2 million, and executives expect to reach $275 million to $300 million in 2018. In January 2018, Corcept's stock price rose 27.4 percent. Executives say revenue from Korlym, which cost about $300 million to develop, has paid for development of new drugs.

  6. Misoprostol - Wikipedia

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    Misoprostol is most effective when it is used in combination with methotrexate or mifepristone (RU-486). [35] Mifepristone blocks signaling by progesterone , causing the uterine lining to degrade, the blood vessels of the cervix and uterus to dilate and causing uterine contraction, similar to a menstrual period , which causes the embryo to ...

  7. Birth control in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Guttmacher Institute noted that even before the federal mandate was implemented, twenty-eight states had their own mandates that required health insurance to cover the prescription contraceptives, but the federal mandate innovated by forbidding insurance companies from charging part of the cost to the patient. [63]

  8. RU-486 - Wikipedia

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  9. Metapristone - Wikipedia

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    Metapristone (developmental code name RU-42633; also known as desmethylmifepristone) is the major metabolite of mifepristone (RU-486, RU-38486) and a selective progesterone receptor modulator (SPRM) which itself was never marketed.