FDA Panel Votes to Approve Pill Treating Lost Sex Drive in Women

Experts say the Food and Drug Administration should approve a once-a-day pill to treat women who have lost their sex drive. However, they says the company should take care to make sure women can take the pill safely.
Dr. Walid Gellad of the University of Pittsburgh is one of the panel members who voted to recommend approval. Nevertheless, he says he has safety concerns about the pill, which he says provides modest benefits at best. He continued that other approved drugs have similar qualities.
The packed room erupted with applause as the committee voted 18 to 6 to recommend approval. But the FDA is still free to approve the drug or not. It has rejected it twice before.
More than 30 people spoke to a day-long hearing about the drug, which would be the first approved specifically to treat female libido.