The American pharmaceutical company Alvogen has sued the state of Nevada to prevent the use of its medicines in the execution of Scott Dozier, which is scheduled for tomorrow. Lawyers…
Blaire AndresJuly 10, 2018
In March 2018, Oklahoma became the first state to categorically reject lethal injection as a method of execution, moving to a new method of execution using nitrogen gas. In abandoning…
Blaire AndresMarch 1, 2018
It is time to debunk the myth that lethal injection is a humane procedure, and remove medicines from the capital punishment process, says Maya Foa, director of Reprieve, an international…
Blaire AndresJanuary 10, 2018
Universal consensus is a rare thing. Universal consensus amongst rivals companies in a highly competitive industry is almost unheard of. So the point we have now reached in the debate…
Blaire AndresOctober 20, 2017
Johnson & Johnson, the world's largest healthcare company, has hit out at plans by the US state of Florida to execute a prisoner on death row using an experimental lethal…
Blaire AndresAugust 21, 2017
On August 14, 2017, a group of pharmacists submitted a public comment to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), raising "grave concerns with the California Department of Corrections…
Blaire AndresAugust 14, 2017
During a public hearing in 2017, Virginia Governor-elect Ralph Northam recognised the concerns of the healthcare industry about the misuse of medicines in executions, stating that “the pharmaceutical companies, the…
Blaire AndresJuly 7, 2017
Study shows four states that adhere to capital punishment are hoarding stashes of medicines that could otherwise treat patients in life-or-death procedures.
Blaire AndresApril 20, 2017
A US healthcare giant has accused the state of Arkansas of effectively lying to it over the sale of a pharmaceutical drug that the Republican governor had been poised to…
Blaire AndresApril 15, 2017