Category - pharmaceuticals

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18 Jun 2013

Healthcare firm receives award for action to prevent use of drug in executions

A pharmaceutical company which has taken steps to prevent its product from being used in executions is to receive an award recognising ethical leadership.
15 May 2013

British firm moves to end supply of execution drugs to US

A UK pharmaceutical firm has announced that it is "putting in place concrete steps" to stop the use of its drugs in executions.
26 May 2012

New US execution method threatens hospital supplies

The US state of Missouri has announced a new execution method which will see a medicine diverted from US hospitals to kill prisoners.
28 Mar 2012

Leading company signs execution drug 'Hippocratic Oath'

Leading drugs company Lundbeck is the first to sign up to a new ‘Pharmaceutical Hippocratic oath’ for the industry, condemning the use of drugs in executions.
27 Mar 2012

Call for 'Hippocratic Oath' on execution drugs

Reprieve is calling on pharmaceutical companies to sign a ‘Pharmaceutical Hippocratic oath’ which would end their involvement in US executions.
8 Aug 2007

Tutu hails people's legal verdict against drugs giant

Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other global church leaders have welcomed a ruling from the Madras High Court in Chennai that dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of India's patent law from a Swiss pharmaceutical giant.