
Kaunain Sheriff
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Kaunain Sheriff
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National Health Editor, @IndianExpress | Author of The Johnson & Johnson Files: The Indian Secrets of a Global Giant (Juggernaut) | [email protected]



India's burden of cancer cases is mounting. It has the third highest number of cases globally. At the same time, the promise of health is forcing people to shell out as much as Rs 1.5 lakh for a single shot. But what if the medicine inside the vial is fake. That's precisely what Cancer Calculus, an investigation by The Indian Express in association with The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), has uncovered. A nexus of pharmacists and fixers is using authentic batch numbers and used vials to enlarge a black market for cancer drugs such as Merck & Co's Keytruda. What's left in its wake is hospital-level breaches, distraught families and dead patients. Script and anchor: @SwapnilJogleka1 Shoot & Edit: Kapil Joshi
























