FDA Grants OTC Status to Barr's Plan B(R) Emergency Contraceptive (RedNova)
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today said that the U.S.

FDA expected to back expanded use of Plan B contraceptive (Boston Globe)
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration will approve an application, possibly today, that would make the emergency contraceptive Plan B available without a prescription to women 18 and older, say sources long involved with the issue.

GE Healthcare and Volcano Corporation Announce FDA Clearance of Fully-Integrated Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging on (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WAUKESHA, Wis. & RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.----Aug. 24, 2006--GE Healthcare and Volcano Corporation today announced FDA 510 clearance for the integration of Volcano's intravascular ultrasound imaging capabilities onto the best-of-class Innova all-digital X-ray cath lab imaging system.