Japanese Scientists’ Non-Addictive Painkiller Offers Hope in Combating Opioid Crisis

If larger-scale trials in the US prove successful, the drug could go on the market in about two years, the Kyoto University team saysA team of Japanese scientists has developed a new painkiller they say is as effective as fentanyl but without its addictive properties, a breakthrough that could reshape the fight against the global opioid crisis if clinical trials succeed. The team from Kyoto University has been working on the project for 13 years, with phase one clinical trials already proving successful and phase two trials due to start soon. Masatoshi Hagiwara, a professor of pharmaceutical medicine at...