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Hospira Decision Viewed From Other States

By Steve Hall

From Illinois, the Chicago Tribune reports, "Hospira ceases production of anesthetic used in executions."  It's written by Bruce Japsen. "These discussions and internal deliberation, as well as conversations with wholesalers ? the primary distributors of the product to customers ? led us to believe we could not prevent the drug from being diverted to departments of corrections for use in capital punishment procedures," Hospira said in a statement to the Tribune. "Based on this understanding, we cannot take the risk that we will be held liable by Italian authorities if the product is diverted." The drug is not approved in the U.S. for use in executions but has been used "off-label" for years for such purposes by state prison officials...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 24, 2011 (boomark / email).