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    Drug to prevent preterm birth pulled from market, years after it was shown ineffective

    A pharmaceutical company selling the only drug approved to prevent preterm birth said Tuesday that it would withdraw the medicine from the market. Covis Pharma said it told the Food and Drug Administration that it would voluntarily withdraw the medicine called Makena, which a study in 2019 showed did not work to extend pregnancies. "While we stand by Makena's favorable benefit-risk profile, ...
    by Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times Mar 08, 2023 1 minute
    The home page of Makena at makena.com is seen on a desktop display in North Carolina on Feb. 16, 2022.

    A pharmaceutical company selling the only drug approved to prevent preterm birth said Tuesday that it would withdraw the medicine from the market.

    Covis Pharma said it told the

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