Cost of Preterm Labor Preventive Drug Increases From $10 to $1,500

"The drug, Makena, has cost between $10 to $20 in the past. But after KV Pharmaceutical of St. Louis has gained government approval to be the exclusive seller of the drug, the price will shoot up to $1,500 a dose by next week—putting the total cost of injections throughout the course of a pregnancy at $30,000."