NIH COVID-19 deal broadens access for poorer nations

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) have signed a deal aiming to open up new technologies to people living in poorer countries.

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