HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the FDA "to review the latest data on mifepristone​," but experts say concerns ...

They were randomised in a 2:1 ratio to receive either mifepristone (300–900 mg daily) or placebo for 24 weeks. Randomisation ...

An open letter signed by more than 50 industry executives blasts a “fundamentally, fatally flawed” report that urges greater ...

"This is potentially paradigm-shifting data," Buse previously told MedPage Today, adding that the investigators were "shocked ...

A North Texas man charged with capital murder after slipping mifepristone into his girlfriend’s food signals another attempt ...

Researchers have discovered in a randomized placebo-controlled trial that mifepristone (Korlym) led to a significant ...

Emergency contraceptives and medical abortion drugs have all but disappeared from Russian pharmacy shelves after authorities ...

Experts: Mifepristone is 'safer than Tylenol,' Viagra. Mifepristone is among "the most studied medications" prescribed in the United States, according to an amicus brief filed in support of the ...

Mifepristone can continue to be mailed to patients without an in-person visit with a doctor after the US Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit that challenged regulation of the abortion pill ...

Mifepristone is marketed under the brand names Mifeprex and Korlym, and it’s sometimes known as RU-486. Mifepristone blocks a hormone called progesterone, which helps the body maintain the ...

Mifepristone is one of two drugs used in abortion and miscarriage care, which is different from medications used to prevent pregnancy in the first place — like birth control or emergency ...

Mifepristone's approval has been questioned before. This isn't the first time there have been allegations that the FDA bungled the approval of mifepristone, which was known as RU-486 early on.