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US FDA Panel To Consider Compounding Ban For Makena’s Active Ingredient

 
• By Sue Sutter

Covis’ preterm birth prevention drug was withdrawn in April 2023. The agency now is considering whether hydroxyprogesterone caproate should be added to the list of products withdrawn or removed from the market after being found to be unsafe or not effective.

Hydroxyprogesterone caproate molecule
Hydroxyprogesterone caproate may be headed for a compounding ban. • Source: Shutterstock

More than a year-and-a-half after the US Food and Drug Administration withdrew accelerated approval of Covis Pharma’s preterm birth prevention drug Makena, an advisory committee will consider prohibiting compounding its active ingredient.

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