Pharmaceuticals
Alternative labels
Medication
Pharmaceutical industry
Briefing paper
The most promising vaccines for COVID-19
This rapid research brief responds to the question - what are the most promising vaccines in development globally and nationally, and what are their mechanisms of action, their stage of development and their strengths and limitations?
Report
Availability of COVID-19 related products on Tor darknet markets
Tor darknet markets are frequently used as a litmus test of illicit drug and malware trends, as well as criminal novelty and entrepreneurship more generally. Crime follows opportunity and the COVID-19 pandemic offers profiteering arising from shortages and fear.
Report
Is there fentanyl contamination in the Australian illicit drug market?
This research investigates fentanyl use among police detainees participating in the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program.
Report
The social supply of pharmaceutical opioids
This study explores the prevalence, predictors and nature of the ‘social supply’ of pharmaceutical opioids among police detainees.
Guide
Call to action: public libraries and the opioid crisis
As the impact of the opioid epidemic is felt in communities across the U.S., public libraries are engaging in community responses. For many libraries, however, the new and urgent demand created by this public health crisis is paired with uncertainty on how best to address local needs in this area.