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WATCH: How Merck keeps Keytruda prices sky-high

Bringing together journalists from around the world, Cancer Calculus exposes how families are struggling to access Merck’s groundbreaking cancer treatment, and how health care systems are straining under the drug’s high price.

By Carmen Molina Acosta
April 13, 2026
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How Merck turned its wonder drug into a blockbuster — and priced out cancer patients worldwide

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‘They deny the medication that is keeping you alive’: Patients wage grueling legal battles for lifesaving cancer drug

Apr 13, 2026
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