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| Lethal Injection Mixture Could Change |
| By bellinghamherald.com |
| Published: 02/23/2011 |
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ORLANDO, Fla. For years, Illinois-based Hospira Inc. worried about its drugs being used across the country for lethal injections. So, a company spokesman says, Hospira sent letters to all the states annually stating its opposition to the drugs' use to carry out death sentences. But the states, including Florida, continued using at least one Hospira product in the three-drug "cocktail" approved for executions. There was nothing illegal about that, but their continued use of Hospira products to execute inmates ultimately compelled the company last month to announce its decision to stop all production of its trademarked anesthetic, Pentothal. The supplies that states already have on hand are set to expire this year. "Hospira provides these products because they improve or save lives and markets them solely for use as indicated on the product labeling," wrote Kees Gioenhout, Hospira's vice president of Clinical Research and Development, in a letter sent to Ohio in March. "As such, we do not support the use of any of our products in capital punishment procedures." Read More. |
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