UK: Lower prices for LNG EC
July 2017. The British health retailer Superdrug (the second largest chain in the United Kingdom) announced on June 27th the sell of a generic levonorgestrel (LNG) emergency contraceptive pill, at less than half the price of the currently branded EC pills. Ezinelle will be sold at around 15,30 €, while currently the rest of LNG brands…
October 2020. ECEC’s mission is to expand access to and knowledge of emergency contraception (EC) in Europe, within a broader sexual and reproductive health and rights approach. Our work does not occur in a vacuum: ensuring access to EC is just one of the many measures necessary for people to be able to exercise sexual…
May 2025. The European Consortium for Emergency Contraception (ECEC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new open-access Emergency Contraceptive (EC) pills database, now live at https://www.ec-ec.org/emergency-contraception-pills-database. This global resource offers country-level data on the availability of levonorgestrel (LNG), ulipristal acetate (UPA), and mifepristone EC pills. Users can search by region, country, pill type,…
September 2022. The French Minister of Health, François Braun, announced that emergency contraception pills (ECPs) will be free for all women regardless of their age, in pharmacies and without a prescription. Read more here. ECPs are provided free of cost to women under 18 since 2013; this measure was extended to women up to the…
November 2020. The European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC) organises the webinar “Dilemmas in contraception”, which will include a discussion on what to do when emergency contraception pills are needed because of missed oral contraception pills. The webinar will take place on November 18 at 16h00 Central European Time. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xNT5kKbAQMSzet3u2rOHtA …
A study published in March 2016 by researchers from the Department of International Health of Maastricht University, assesses the status of EC pills in European Union and associated countries a year after UPA was allowed for sale without prescription, and also looks into the impact of this switch on EC pills sales. Status of Emergency Contraceptives in Europe One Year…
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