Drugmaker blocks Nevada execution
Alvogen obtains a restraining order to delay US prisoner’s execution, saying Nevada state obtained its sedative midazolam via ‘subterfuge’
The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company Alvogen has succeeded in halting the execution of Nevada inmate Raymond Dozier, which was scheduled to take place by lethal injection on 11 July. Alvogen obtained a temporary restraining order earlier this month to stop Dozier from being put to death, arguing that Nevada’s corrections department illegitimately acquired and purchased its sedative midazolam by ‘subterfuge’ to use it in his execution.