Nightly News   |  April 01, 2011

Price cut for new pregnancy drug, but is it enough?

The manufacturer of Makena, intended to prevent premature births, lowers the cost by more than half, but critics including the March of Dimes remain outraged at the expense.

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>>> we told you earlier this week about a promising new drug called makena that helps prevent premature births, the leading cause of infant death around the world. the outrage as we reported to you was over theost of th, $ 1500 per dose. the manufacturer agreed to reconsider. today they have, lowering the cost to $690. that was not nearly enough for many critics, including the march of dimes , which today ended its relationship with that drug company .