[DOC] [TLE] Birth Control Industry Is Being Transformed - NYTimes.com [PAR] Feb 22, 1989 ... Half a dozen American companies still make birth control pills. But only the Ortho 
Pharmaceutical Corporation and Wyeth-Ayerst ... easier for some women, 
although most of these are essentially variations on existing technology. .... But 
birth control experts say no major new type of contraceptive is likely to... [DOC] [TLE] Right-Wing Religious Investment Funds Scare Pharmaceuticals ... [PAR] Despite repeated calls, these pharmaceutical companies would neither confirm ... 
to pressure American Home Products, which sells produces birth control pills, 
and ... Of the nine major pharmaceuticals that were involved in contraceptive ... 
two remain -- Ortho of Johnson & Johnson and Wyeth-Ayerst of American Home. [DOC] [TLE] Wyeth - Wikipedia [PAR] Wyeth was a pharmaceutical company purchased by Pfizer in 2009. The 
company was ... Under Brush's leadership, 34 new companies were acquired in 
15 years, ... AHP became a leading US vaccine producer after supplying polio 
vaccine for ... to unite its pharmaceutical businesses, forming Wyeth-Ayerst 
Laboratories. [DOC] [TLE] How the Pill Became a Lifestyle Drug: The Pharmaceutical Industry ... [PAR] In 1970, 13 major drug firms were actively pursuing birth control research and ... 
Pharmaceutical companies never marketed oral contraceptive products as 
beneficial to .... All of these formulations were variations on the original birth 
control pill ... was successful did Wyeth-Ayerst agree to market Norplant in the 
United States. [DOC] [TLE] Cover Story - Does the birth control pill cause abortions? [PAR] Wyeth-Ayerst Labs is the maker of six combination Pills. I called and spoke with a 
... (Ortho-McNeil and Searle are the largest birth control pill manufacturers.)... [DOC] [TLE] Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions [PAR] I painfully agree that birth control pills do in fact cause abortions. ... The question 
for us as Christians is how we will respond now that we know." ..... produced by 
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, a leading manufacturer of the Pill. .... Food and Drug 
Administration and the three major Pill manufacturers: Ortho, Searle and Syntex. [DOC] [TLE] Biphasic versus monophasic oral contraceptives for contraception: a ... [PAR] These included one biphasic oral contraceptive pill, Ortho 10/11, ... triphasic pills, 
Triphasil (Wyeth-Ayerst, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) and Ortho 7/7/7 ... The 
trial's main objective was to compare bleeding patterns with the different ... The 
study was sponsored by Parke-Davis, the manufacturer of the monophasic pill. [DOC] [TLE] FPP 246-253 Klitsch - Guttmacher Institute [PAR] main obstacles noted in recent evaluations were identified 10 or ... IUDs, pills and 
spermicides have all paid ... 1982, a U. S. government report contend- ed that 10 
... manufacturer, Wyeth-Ayerst, in 1994, 46 of them .... Two of theseOrtho and. [DOC] [TLE] Lack of Triphasil clinic packs causes headaches for providers ... [PAR] Jun 1, 1997 ... ... these sources say they have to walk a fine line with manufacturers to get 
needed ... "We've got three major companies to deal with: Wyeth, Ortho, and 
Upjohn," ... "A big problem for us is the issue of credibility," says Rose Brady, 
ARNP, ... with either of Wyeth-Ayerst's two 30 mcg monophasic pills can be... [DOC] [TLE] oral contraceptives and the learned intermediary doctrine [PAR] Instead, manufacturers need only inform the prescribing physician of these risks. 
.... Wyeth Laboratories, Inc .[15] , [16] Although recognizing the traditional 
sufficiency ... By 1965, the pill was the leading contraceptive in use in the United 
States. ... Some of the new triphasic pills, such as Ortho Tri-Cyclen, can even 
improve a... [DOC] [TLE] ralbert.rtf [PAR] These historical examples demonstrate that methods of contraception have been 
... 1Backgrounder: Oral Contraceptives (Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., Raritan, 
N.J.), ... Although Wyeth--Ayerst, another large firm, distributes Norplant, the 
research on ... Two types of birth control pills are sold in the United States -- 
combination... [DOC] [TLE] 7 Issues of Law, Regulation, Information, and the Environment for ...

Question: Ortho & Wyeth-Ayerst are the major manufacturers of these pills in the U.S.
Answer: birth control pills