Mifepristone

Products Mifepristone is commercially available in tablet form (Mifegyne). It was first approved in 1988 and in many countries in 1999. Mifepristone was discovered in the 1980s at Roussel-Uclaf (RU) during the development of antiglucocorticoid agents and is therefore also known as RU 486. Structure and properties Mifepristone (C29H35NO2, Mr = 429.6 g/mol) is a … Mifepristone