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Death Penalty Drugs Under Scrutiny Again

21.04.2017 - As a debate rages over plans by the US state of Arkansas to execute eight death row inmates before its supply of lethal drugs expires at the end of April, the international...

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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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Fresenius Kabi Blocked Shipments to U.S. Distributor After Drug Sent For Executions

11.10.2013 - A German manufacturer confirmed on Thursday that it took the extraordinary step of suspending shipments of a widely used drug to a U.S. distributor this year after 20 vials were...

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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...