All Opiates articles
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OpinionA chemist in the flower garden
The beautifully complex molecules plants produce are as inspiring as the blooms themselves
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NewsScientists join the fray in fight against US opioid epidemic
More powerful antidotes may save lives, while new sensors can rapidly detect highly potent synthetic narcotics like fentanyl
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NewsAnalytical test strip fights fentanyl overdoses
Simple chemical analysis helps drug users prevent overdosing on deadly opioid
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FeatureNew opioid drugs
Creating powerful new painkillers is a constant battle against side-effects – particularly addictions. James Mitchell Crow reports
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BusinessUS pharma executives face bribery charges over opioid painkiller prescriptions
Insys Therapeutics chief executive and senior managers accused of running a conspiracy to bribe doctors across several states
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ResearchTramadol found in African soils almost certainly artificial
New evidence may end speculation over plant production of painkiller first synthesised in the 1960s
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ResearchBiotech breakthrough as yeast makes painkillers from sugar
Yields are still tiny but hopes are high that it could cut production costs
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NewsOpiate-producing yeast raises spectre of 'home-brewed heroin'
Warnings that completion of final steps in opiate biosynthesis could be a double-edged sword
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ResearchYeast turned into morphine and opioid biofactories
Scientists hope that biotech route could protect the drug supply chain from harvest failures and problems with illicit use
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Business
Reckitt Benckiser to spin out US pharma arm
Declining heroin addiction treatment sales prompt divestment as company focuses on over-the-counter and consumer products
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PodcastDesomorphine
From potential painkiller to kitchen-cooked heroin replacement, Nate Adams tracks the history of desomorphine
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