After a change to US Food and Drug Administration rules, major pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens say they plan to seek certification to distribute abortion pills where legally allowed.
The FDA said on its website Tuesday that pharmacies that become certified to dispense mifepristone, which may be used in a medication abortion, can do so directly to someone who has a prescription from a certified prescriber. For the first time, this allows outpatient pharmacies to dispense mifepristone, said Lewis Grossman, a professor of law at the American University Washington College of Law. But that doesn’t mean all pharmacies will dispense the medication.
program,” the Facebook post says. refers to the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy program for mifepristone. But for many pharmacies, it will take some time to review and decide whether to undergo the certification process – and the certification process may be complicated. “Mifepristone is not the kind of drug for which any kind of pharmacy certification is normally required,” Grossman said.
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