contraception

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EU pharmaceutical safety advisers have said that commonly used contraceptives may carry a small risk of a type of brain cancer with prolonged use.

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Bayer has partnered with private equity group Apollo to set up a new entity that will handle its long-acting contraceptives products.

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Organon CEO Kevin Ali has stepped down after an audit found sales of the company's Nexplanon contraceptive implant in the US were inflated.

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AstraZeneca and Organon have breached the UK pharma industry's code of practice with promotions for an asthma drug and a contraceptive implant.

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The Gates Foundation is ramping up support for women's health research, pumping $2.5bn into new projects in this 'ignored, underfunded' area of R&D.

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Researchers in the US have devised a new depot system that could provide months or even years of delivery from a single subcutaneous injection.