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  • Drug for premature birth withdrawn after 12 years End-shutdown

    Drug for premature birth withdrawn after 12 years

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    The company that makes Makena, the only drug intended to prevent preterm labor, announced Tuesday it was voluntarily withdrawing the drug from the market after Food and Drug Administration advisers concluded the treatment did not help pregnant women at all. Makena’s drugmaker, Covis Pharma Group, said its decision it had been done in deference to […]