Historically, all opiate painkillers have been derived from the opium poppy, which is legally grown in locations such as Australia, Europe and India and shipped to manufacturing centers.hile you are unlikely to find any opiates at your local microbrewery anytime soon, the results show great promise in speeding up the manufacturing process for these drugs, as well as opening doors for the discovery of new medicines.
(Redirected from Small and medium enterprises) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs, also small and medium enterprises) or small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are businesses whose personnel numbers fall below certain limits.
SMEs as a whole, a fact which is reflected in rising export propensity by firm size (Chart 2). Whereas only 8% of micro-enterprises (1-4 employees) are exporters, that share rises to 34% among medium-sized firms (100-499 em-ployees). Given the contribution to Canadaâs economy made by SME exporters, it is