10 October 2020 - Pharmac is apologising to thousands of women who will be forced to change oral contraceptives because supplies of some pill brands are about to run out.

About 25,000 women take the four contraceptive pills affected: Brevinor, Brevinor 1/28, Norimin and Necon.

The pharmaceutical company Pfizer does not expect them to be back in stock until mid February next year.

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