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An FDA advisory committee is scheduled to meet June 17 to consider approval of the emergency contraception drug ulipristal acetate, which studies show is more effective than a currently approved EC drug — levonorgestrel — at preventing pregnancy, USA Today reports. Levonorgestrel, marketed in the U.S…

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