Price of drug to prevent preemies jumps from $20 to $1,500 after FDA approval

And yet another way to slam womens rights. THESE MEN GOTTA GO! Sorry I'm so angry right now...

I used to work for an online pharmacy that sold medications and shipped them to customers in the US. I would get customers asking me all the time why meds were so much cheaper in Canada than in the states. I explained to them that it was because the Canadian Government forces companies to limit the prices.

What I really wanted to say was: "i dunno, possibly because our government actually gives a fuck?"

Would've been a tad unprofessional, though.

Nothing but greed.

Progesterone is a female hormone produced by ovaries during release of a mature egg from an ovary, It also use to Treat Brain Injuries in a recent study, a new treatment using Progesterone has been found to help patients who suffr from a traumatic brain injury.
It's reported that it help with hot flashes and night sweats.
Can prevent thousands of premature births.
A woman's body makes the hormone progesterone. Progestin is the man-made form.

There are side effects using this Drug.

Profits... profits...profits with absolutely no regard for life! Is't this a sign of rotted society?

Birth control pills have contained Progesterone since they were created in 1957. So I am confused as to why this article says that there "has not been a commercial product available". This must be an additional approval for use by pregnant women to prevent preemies and this manufacture is taking advantage of the fact that they are the only company with this approval because there are other pharmaceuticals companies that manufacture Progesterone.

I have taken bio-identical hormones which includes Progesterone for years. I have purchased Progesterone in many different forms from both regular and compounded pharmacies. Besides a shot they also have sublingual lozenge, cream, gel and pills.

Hopefully since one company has now gained approval - it will be easier for the others to get approval and the price will come down.

greedy motherfuckers need to diaf. we need to take the reins back from the corporations and banks before they kill or enslave us all

Just another sign that the government doesn't work for the people, but for corporate America. The argument of the right is that we have the best health care in the world,why would we want to change it, Its only good if you can afford it. Only the rich can have excellent health care

If moms to be can use cannabis for morning sickness, they will provide more nourishment to their babies...and studies have shown that infants who test positive for THC metabolites have the lowest rate of failure to thrive syndrome, followed by those who tested negative for drugs, but I forget if opiates or cocaine comes next.

WTF...that is obscene, and the laws that allow it are obscene too.

Its time to revolt and bring this bastards down with the other mega corps.

What the fuck is this medicine or a means to purposely hurt the needy amongst our population?

Yet one more argument for a publicly owned pharmaceutical company. Anything that is life essential, should be permitted to be owned by the public. Medication is a big component of the cost of Medicare and Medicaid, which in turn is a big cost to the public. Consider the percentage that medication takes of the average over 50 person's income. Many of us are effectively enslaved by our pharmaceutical needs. No matter how badly it would be run as a public function; (as capitalist controllers always try to convince us of), it could not cost us more than what it does now! It would have to cost the country much less.

I repeat, in our great reforming of our country, let's establish a national department of pharmaceuticals. Let big pharma shove that up their suppository chute!

Just another reason to push for Single Payer Healthcare. How many reasons do we need before we get the Healthcare that ALL Americans deserve?

And, the exact same drug was approved by the FDA for the same condition in 1956 (Nineteen FIFTY SIX). The FDA originally approved hydroxyprogesterone caproate under the trade name Delalutin in 1956 for use in pregnant women. The approved indications include threatened miscarriage. The original manufacturer requested the withdrawal of Delalutin from the market in 2000 for reasons unrelated to safety. So why was it withdrawn? http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm242234.htm

Medicine shouldn't be a for-profit part of our economy.

When it costs $20 to make and deliver, but you get charged 95x that just because the company can, then you have an inefficiency.

Pharma, Pharma, we love Pharma
as they Benjamin Dover us again.

FRee Market makes things so efficient and cheaper.