About Ortho
ORTHO EVRA® is made by Ortho Women's Health & Urology™, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading manufacturer of prescription contraceptives.
Ortho Women's Health & Urology™ has been at the forefront of developing women's healthcare products for generations. Among the company's accomplishments are the first progestin-only birth control pill, the first biphasic and triphasic birth control pills, the first low-dose triphasic birth control pill, and the first and only birth control patch.
More than 6 decades before its merger with McNeil Pharmaceutical, Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation introduced the nation's first prescription contraceptive jelly in 1931. By 1957, Ortho scientists were investigating hormone combinations that could prevent pregnancy. The company marketed its first birth control pill in 1963, and by 1965, the Pill became the nation's leading reversible method of contraception.
The ensuing decades brought continued research, discovery and innovation. In 1996, ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN® (norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment for moderate acne in women ages 15 or older in addition to its oral contraceptive indication. In May 2002, Ortho-McNeil achieved yet another first: the FDA approved ORTHO EVRA® as the first and only weekly birth control patch. Please see full product information.
Today, Ortho Women's Health & Urology™ is a market leader in oral and patch contraceptive products as well as diaphragms. Beyond contraception, other women's health products include prescription products for yeast infections, overactive bladder and interstitial cystitis (an inflammatory condition of the bladder).
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