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| Company says it didn’t sell execution drug to Alabama |
| By annistonstar.com- Eddie Burkhalter |
| Published: 02/20/2015 |
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Officials with a company identified in state court filings as a supplier of a drugs used in executions said Thursday that, according to their records, the manufacturer did not sell the drug to Alabama. “We have no evidence of a direct purchase of midazolam from the state of Alabama, and records we have received from wholesalers indicate no shipments of Akorn midazolam product to the state of Alabama,” wrote Dewey Steadman, director of investor relations for Illinois-based drug manufacturer Akorn, in an email to The Star on Thursday. State court filings this week suggested that Akorn is the manufacturer of midazolam the state plans to use in lethal injections, and referred to Akorn’s drug manual twice as “the manufacturer’s package insert.” The drug was used in botched executions last year in Oklahoma, Arizona and Ohio. Read More. |
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