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U.S. lawmakers challenge URL on Colcrys price

Remember the brouhaha over the premature birth prevention drug Makena? KV Pharmaceuticals had taken an unapproved drug long-used to prevent premature births, put it through clinical trials, and won

Gout medicine Colcrys' pricing under scrutiny

Slate wades in on recent drug-pricing news, and accompanying outrage among some in the media and in Congress, with an update on the gout medicine colchicine. Like February's news involving KV

FDA yanks 500 unapproved cold and allergy meds

The FDA continues its campaign against unapproved drugs by ordering companies to stop selling about 500 prescription remedies for cough, cold and allergies. The move mostly affects small drugmakers