NYT:

A federal advisory panel voted unanimously Thursday that federal drug regulators should approve a medicine that could help prevent pregnancy if taken as late as five days after unprotected sex. The pill, called ella, sprang from government labs and appears to be more effective than Plan B, a morning-after pill now available over the counter to women 18 and older that gradually loses efficacy after intercourse and can be taken at latest three days after sex. Ella, by contrast, works just as well on the fifth day as the first after sex.... The F.D.A. usually follows the advice of its advisory panels but not always.

Speaking of Plan B... remember what happened when someone else was president in 2004?

The FDA broke from protocol when it rejected its own staff findings and an advisory panel that had approved over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill, or Plan B as it is commonly known. The General Accounting Office recently released a report finding that FDA officials informed staff that the application to make Plan B available over-the-counter had been rejected even before the scientific review was complete.

I expect that the FDA—now headed by an Obama appointee—will follow the advice of its advisory panel and approve ella for sale.