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Friday, March 11, 2011

Can Patients Get Around the Exorbitant New Cost of a Pregnancy Drug?

By Maia Szalavitz

The cost of a drug used to prevent premature birth in high-risk mothers will rise from around $10 per dose to $1,500, now that the FDA has approved a branded version of the medication. The new medication is a form of progesterone, which has already been prescribed for decades and is currently made for this purpose by specialty drug stores known as compounding pharmacies.

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