Pfizer, McKesson try to stop Arkansas executions, say state lied to get drugs

Fierce Pharma -------- Pfizer and drug wholesaling giant McKesson, along with drugmakers Fresenius Kabi and West-Ward, have all weighed in to stop Arkansas from using their drugs in its effort to perform seven executions in short order before the drugs expire at the end of the month, exhausting the state’s only remaining, or available, supply. McKesson was able to get a state judge in Arkansas to issue a temporary restraining order on Friday, Reuters reported. It told the judge the state has refused its demand that it return the drug, vecuronium bromide, after McKesson learned it intended to use it for executions in violation of its sales agreement. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.