KV Cuts Makena Price 54%, Increases Medicaid Rebates, But Is It Enough?

Bowing to public pressure and following an unusual intervention by FDA, KV Pharmaceuticals announced April 1 it has cut the list price of its new preterm birth prevention drug Makena (hydroxyprogesterone caproate) by 54% – from $1,500 to $690 per injection – effective immediately.