FDA's Controversial Pregnancy Drug Decision, Explained

<p>Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the FDA's efforts to pull the pregnancy drug Makena from the market and the implications for drug policy.</p><p><a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20221017.411240/full/?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week&amp;utm_campaign=happy+hour">Join us in D.C. for an in-person happy hour event on November 17</a></p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/health/fda-preterm-birth-drug.html">FDA Panel Recommends Pulling Preterm Birth Drug From the Market </a>(<em>New York Times</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00119?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week">Accelerated Approval of Cancer Drugs: No Economic Reward For Drug Makers That Conduct Confirmatory Trials</a> (<em>Health Affairs</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-01-21-00401.asp">Delays in Confirmatory Trials for Drug Applications Granted FDA's Accelerated Approval Raise Concerns </a>(Office of Inspector General)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hp20220106.518704/full/?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week">Podcast: Prescription Drug Policy, Drug Pricing &amp; Aduhelm With Rachel Sachs</a> (<em>Health Affairs This Week</em>)</li> </ul><p>C<em>urrently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. </em><a href="https://dashboard.transistor.fm/membership?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week&amp;utm_term=insider"><em>With your support,</em></a> <em>we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront</em> <em>and podcasts free for everyone.</em></p><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/health-affairs-this-week">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-affairs-this-week/id1542851834?uo=4">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6PrckGFlwVI1QTNASEtaNQ">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://castro.fm/itunes/1542851