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Federal Court Stays Four Executions, Ruling Newly-Adopted Federal Execution Protocol Likely Unlawful

On November 20, 2019, the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction barring the Federal Government from carrying out four executions scheduled for December 2019…

Blaire AndresDecember 9, 2019

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Ohio Governor Halts Execution, Citing Public Health Concerns Raised by Pharmaceutical Companies

Ohio’s Governor DeWine announced on August 1, 2019 that he will be delaying the execution of Warren Henness in the state due to challenges in obtaining execution drugs and the…

Pauline AssarssonJuly 31, 2019

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Lethal Injection Secrecy Bill Fails in Louisiana

A secrecy bill that would have rendered confidential information about the source of the state’s execution drugs stalled earlier this year in Louisiana’s Senate judiciary committee following engagement by pharmaceutical…

Pauline AssarssonMay 11, 2019

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DOJ Seeks to Strip FDA’s Authority to Block Import of Non-FDA Approved Medicines for Use in Executions

In May 2019, the Office of the Legal Counsel (OLC) in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) published an opinion determining that drugs intended for use in lethal injections are…

Pauline AssarssonMay 1, 2019

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Arkansas legislator warns execution secrecy measure will harm companies; fuel black market for drugs

In a hearing in the Arkansas House Judiciary Committee earlier this month for a bill seeking to shield the states’ drug supplies in secrecy, Representative Andrew Collins raised concerns that…

Pauline AssarssonApril 24, 2019

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Makers of Ohio death drugs oppose their use in executions

Several companies that manufacture drugs used in the Ohio death penalty have spoken out in opposition to the misuse of their products in executions, raising more questions about whether the…

Pauline AssarssonApril 23, 2019

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Drugmakers Object to Arkansas Execution Secrecy Measure

Two pharmaceutical companies, Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Fresenius Kabi USA, have objected to legislative efforts to expand the secrecy surrounding the source of Arkansas’ lethal injection drugs, saying the proposal would…

Pauline AssarssonApril 23, 2019

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Ohio Governor issues reprieve to death row inmate due to concerns about execution drugs; orders review of lethal injection drug protocol

On January 25, 2019, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued a temporary reprieve to death row inmate Warren Henness in response to a judicial ruling that Ohio’s lethal injection cocktail will…

Blaire AndresJanuary 25, 2019

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Healthcare expert: “Texas pharmacies willing to kill put us all at risk”

by Prahsant Yadav Read more at the Houston Chronicle When we’re sick, we are at our most vulnerable. So, it’s vitally important that we can trust the medicines our doctors…

Blaire AndresDecember 17, 2018

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Supreme Court troubled by planned use of lethal injection to execute prisoner with rare condition

At oral arguments in Bucklew v. Precythe on November 6, 2018, Supreme Court Justices appeared troubled that a lethal injection execution could cause “gruesome and brutal pain” for a Missouri…

Pauline AssarssonNovember 6, 2018

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Nevada District Judge Halts Use of Alvogen’s Drugs in Lethal Injection Executions

On September 28, 2018 a District Court judge in Nevada granted a preliminary injunction to American pharmaceutical company Alvogen, prohibiting the use of the company’s drugs in lethal injection executions…

Pauline AssarssonSeptember 25, 2018

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When government agencies turn to unregulated drug sources: Implications for the drug supply chain and public health are grave

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association - September 2018 by Prashant Yadav, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School; Rebecca Lynn Weintraub, MD, Assistant Professor of…

Blaire AndresSeptember 1, 2018

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Arkansas abandons search for execution drugs; puts executions on hold

Arkansas prison officials announced earlier this month that they were halting their search for lethal injection drugs, a move that means that the state is unlikely to put any inmates…

Blaire AndresJuly 18, 2018

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Nevada Execution Is Blocked After Drugmaker Sues

On July 10th, 2018, the American pharmaceuticals company Alvogen sued the state of Nevada to prevent the use of its medicines in an upcoming execution. The lawsuit sought the return…

Blaire AndresJuly 11, 2018

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Alvogen sues Nevada for return of medicines

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

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Alabama agrees not to use lethal injection in upcoming executions

Following a similar announcement by Oklahoma in March of 2018, Alabama has become the second state to make the decision to move away from lethal injection in upcoming executions. On…

Blaire AndresJuly 10, 2018

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Respecting Corporate Contracts: State-by-State Risk Index

This State-by-State Risk Index is intended to operate as a guide for companies concerned about state secrecy laws and the implications for commercial enterprises and public health. The Index contains individualized risk…

Blaire AndresJune 14, 2018

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Oklahoma Abandons Lethal Injection

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

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Dealing with medicines misuse in execution by lethal injection

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

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A new OECD gold standard for lethal injection drugs

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