Desogestrel + ethinyl estradiol

Trade Name:

Apri

Manufacturer/Distributor:

Apotex (Canadian distributor)

www.apotex.com/ca, 1-877-427-6839

Barr Laboratories (US manufacturer)

Classification:

Oral contraceptive

ATC Class:

G03AA09 Progestogens and estrogens, fixed combination

Status:

active

Notice of Compliance (yyyy/mm/dd):

2008-09-29

Date Marketed in Canada (yyyy/mm/dd):

2009-03-18

Presentation:

Tablets: 0.15 mg desogestrel + 0.03 mg ethinyl estradiol

Available in 21 day or 28 day preparations

Comments:

Generic equivalent to Marvelon®

Keywords:

contraceptives: oral

Keywords:

ethinyl estradiol

Keywords:

desogestrel

Access:

public

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