Remdesivir Selling for $1K a Vial on India's Black Market as COVID Cases Surge
On 4/29/21 at 10:55 AM EDT
Desperate people in India, where the world's worst COVID-19 outbreak continues to ravage the country, are shelling out thousands for black-market medications in an attempt to save their loved ones' lives.
India reported 379,000 new infections on Thursday, according to national data, another global record. That puts India at more than 18 million cases, behind only the U.S., and 200,000-plus deaths.
Indians are turning to the black market for drugs like Remdesivir, which has inflated to $1,000 a vial, 20 times its real value, a youth volunteer told the