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FDA Considers 'Women's Viagra.' Again.
ResumeFood and Drug Administration advisers are meeting today to consider — again — whether to recommend the first-ever pill that would increase sexual desire in women. The drug, flibanserin, has already been rejected twice by the FDA.
Some women's groups — including one backed by the drug's developer — are accusing the FDA of gender bias, for approving drugs that treat sexual dysfunction in men, but not in women. The FDA rejects that claim.
Here & Now's Robin Young talks to Emily Nagoski, the director of wellness education at Smith College and the author of "Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life," about the debate over the pill.
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- Emily Nagoski is the director of wellness education at Smith College and the author of "Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life."
This segment aired on June 4, 2015.