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Counterfeiters cash in on the world’s bestselling cancer drug

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TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION

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By Scilla Alecci / Apr 27, 2026

SUMMIT, NJ - OCTOBER 2: A Merck flag flies in front of the company's building on October 2, 2013 in Summit, New Jersey. The pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. announced today that it would cut 8,500 jobs and consolidate its real estate in Kenilworth, New Jersey instead of moving its headquarters to Summit as previously planned.

IMPACT

‘Unacceptable’: Lawmakers react to revelations from ICIJ’s Cancer Calculus investigation

By Nicole Sadek / Apr 23, 2026

OVERVIEW

How Merck turned its wonder drug into a blockbuster — and priced out cancer patients worldwide

By Sydney P. Freedberg / Apr 13, 2026

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IMPACT

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KEYTRUDA

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INSURERS

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Judge orders Nazi-looted Modigliani linked to Panama Papers be returned to heirs

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KEYTRUDA

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CRYPTOCURRENCY

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IMPACT

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