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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
As Arkansas prepares to carry out an unprecedented string of executions beginning next week, the state is facing new criticism over the lethal injection drugs it plans to use, along…
Blaire AndresApril 14, 2017
Last week, the global drug company Pfizer announced sweeping new restrictions on the distribution of seven of its products, preventing them from being used to carry out the death penalty.…
Blaire AndresMay 21, 2016
The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced on Friday that it had imposed sweeping controls on the distribution of its products to ensure that none are used in lethal injections, a step…
Blaire AndresMay 13, 2016
We understand that several states in the US are considering using Propofol for lethal injections. Missouri intended to employ a Propofol-based injection, but has recently announced its decision not to…
Blaire AndresOctober 1, 2013