Entries tagged with “Pfizer Inc.”
Executions
Lethal Injection
,Jul 24, 2018
Arkansas Prisons Suspend Search for Execution Drugs, Ask For Even Broader Drug Secrecy Law
Unable to legitimately purchase lethal-injection drugs or carry out executions without revealing who manufactured its drugs, Arkansas has suspended efforts to obtain a new supply of execution drugs until state law is amended to keep secret the identity of the drug…
Executions
Lethal Injection
,Nov 03, 2017
Arkansas Supreme Court Orders Partial Disclosure of Information on State’s Lethal-Injection Drugs
The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s Freedom of Information Act requires the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) to release copies of the pharmaceutical drug and packaging labels for the supply of the drug midazolam that it intends to use in upcoming executions, but that the secrecy provisions of the state’s Methods of Execution Act permit the department to redact the batch and lot numbers that appear on the…
Policy Issues
Secrecy
,Lethal Injection
,Jul 28, 2020
Nebraska Pharmacy May Have Violated Drug Distribution Policies, State Refused Drug Give-Back Demands, Records Show
Nebraska may have executed Carey Dean Moore in August 2018 using drugs supplied by a pharmacy in violation of pharmaceutical manufacturers’ distribution policies, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) records…
Executions
Lethal Injection
,Aug 04, 2016
Pharmaceutical Companies Reiterate Opposition to Participating in Executions as States Scramble for Execution Drugs
Distribution restrictions put in place by major pharmaceutical companies in the United States against misuse of their medicines and export regulations instituted by the European Union have made it increasingly difficult for states to obtain supplies of drugs for use in executions. However, despite these restrictions, some states have obtained pharmaceutical products manufactured by these companies for use in lethal…