FDA to Follow DOJ Memo on Limiting its Regulation of Execution Drugs

The thorny issue of whether the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can oversee the importation of execution drugs just became a bit thornier, as the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a memo that when a drug’s intended use is for capital punishment, “it is not subject to regulation under” the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).