Pharmaceutical The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Obstetrics, Reproduction and Urologic Advisory Committee yesterday voted to recommend that the FDA pursue withdrawal of approval of privately-held Swiss drugmaker Covis Pharma’s Makena (hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection), the only FDA-approved treatment to reduce the risk of preterm birth in pregnant women who have had a prior spontaneous preterm birth. 20 October 2022