Pratik Pawar is a journalist at Vox's Future Perfect, covering health and science. He reports on the money, politics, and regulation that shape which health innovations get made and whether they reach the people who need them.
Pratik's writing has been published by Science, Nature, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, and Smithsonian Magazine. Before becoming a journalist, Pratik worked in India's pharmaceutical industry, an experience that shapes how he reports on drug development, regulation, and access. He holds a master's in science writing from MIT and has held fellowships at The Open Notebook, AAAS, and the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Pratik is based in Brooklyn, New York and can be reached on Signal (pratik.11) or over email at pratik.pawar@voxmedia.com. You can also find him on Twitter, Bluesky, and LinkedIn.