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Premature labor drug spikes from $10 to $1,500 - Health - Pregnancy - msnbc.com

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But recently, KV Pharmaceutical of suburban St.Louis won government approval to exclusively sell the drug, known as Makena (Mah-KEE'-Nah). The March of Dimes and many obstetricians supported that because it means quality will be more consistent and it will be easier to get.

None of them anticipated the dramatic price hike, though — especially since most of the cost for development and research was shouldered by others in the past.

Can we really afford this right now with the state our healthcare system is in. What a bunch of crooks!!!

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Are we never going to move ahead? Are we going to drive this country right on into the ground? For heavens sake how blatently criminal. I'm so glad this was made public so people can see where alot of the healthcare cost problems are.

    Reply#1 - Wed Mar 9, 2011 6:12 PM EST
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