On Mar. 3, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) jointly welcomed the announcement that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) offered several technologies to the COVID-19 Technology Access Poo for potential licensing through MPP.

Launched in 2020 by the WHO Director-General and the President of Costa Rica, and supported by 43 Member States, C-TAP aims to facilitate timely, equitable and affordable access to COVID-19 health products by boosting their production and supply through open, non-exclusive licensing agreements.

MPP provides the licensing expertise to this initiative and holds the licences.