This supportive study evaluating the contraceptive efficacy of Sino-implant (II) in women shows the product to be highly effective over five years. The World Health Organization prequalified Sino-implant (II), now marketed globally as Levoplant, as a three-year contraceptive method in June 2017, resulting in the distribution of more than one million units in the following year.
Cohort study to evaluate efficacy, safety and acceptability of a two-rod contraceptive implant during third, fourth and fifth year of product use in China
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Che Y, Taylor D, Luo D, Maldonado LY, Wang M, Wevill S, Vahdat H, Han X, Halpern V, Dorflinger L, Steiner MJ