The reason the research is important is because many parts of the world do not have ready access to painkillers like morphine. Although synthetic analgesics are available, these are expensive and it ...

The central government has for the first time allowed a private company, Bajaj Healthcare, to process opium to extract alkaloids used to make pain-killers, cough syrups, and even cancer drugs.

The Mumbai-based Piramal Healthcare is preparing to become the first private sector company to process opium for use in pharmaceutical products. The development, which would end the six-decade ...

NEW DELHI: Moving cautiously in the minefield of narcotics, the government has for the first time decided to allow private sector participation in opium processing. But it has made it clear that it ...

Some rare good news is coming out of Afghanistan these days. Internationally led counternarcotics efforts have gained momentum, opium cultivation is decreasing, and more provinces have gone “poppy ...