Keyword: sodium thiopental

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Texas Sues FDA Over Execution Drug Shipment

05.01.2017 - The US state of Texas has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration in the federal district court of Galveston, seeking to force the regulatory agency to agree to...

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Parliament Tighten EU Ban on “Torture Goods”

11.10.2016 - The European Parliament’s (EP) recently revised rules to prevent trade in goods and services that may contribute to torture or execution could potentially have further knock-on...

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EU Puts Squeeze On Drug Supplies For U.S. Executions

22.12.2011 - The European Union on Tuesday strengthened export controls on drugs that can be used to administer the death penalty, putting a further squeeze on a supply shortage that has slowed...

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Novartis Moves to Stop Execution Drug Reaching US

11.02.2011 - Novartis and its Sandoz unit, maker of a generic version of an anaesthetic used in lethal injections in the United States, have taken steps to try to stop the drug ending up in the...

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Hospira To Stop Making Sodium Thiopental

24.01.2011 - An anesthetic used in lethal injections will no longer be made by its only U.S. manufacturer because the company does not want it to be used in executions, forcing states that...