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Nevada to execute inmate with fentanyl in U.S. first

PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:20 pm
by liminalOyster

Re: Nevada to execute inmate with fentanyl in U.S. first

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:38 am
by Cordelia
Execution's been postponed. (Pharma co. only wants their product used if it successfully kills people, I guess.)

Drug company lawsuit stalls Nevada inmate's opioid execution

A Nevada execution, which would have been the first in the US to use the synthetic opioid fentanyl, has been delayed by a judge.

Pharmaceutical firm Alvogen argued the state had illegitimately obtained one of its drugs and that the proposed drug combination was untested in executions.
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The New Jersey-based drug company Alvogen said it does not want its drugs used in "botched" executions, according to court documents.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44797905