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The FDA and Lethal Injection Drugs

By Steve Hall

"FDA Takes Stance on the Importation of Lethal-Injection Drugs," is the title of Nathan Koppel's post at the Wall Street Journal Law Blog.  Here's an extended excerpt: The nationwide shortage of thiopental sodium, a key anesthetic used in lethal injections, continues to bedevil state prisons. Hospira, the sole U.S. maker of the drug, has not produced a fresh supply of thiopental for over a year, forcing some states to import the drug from Europe. Many death-penalty advocates have questioned whether the importation of thiopental violates Food and Drug Administration regulations, given that the FDA has publicly indicated that there are no FDA-approved foreign makers of thiopental. Today, the agency issued a statement, at the request of The Wall Street Journal, clarifying its position on thiopental imports...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 05, 2011 (boomark / email).