Comments on Draft Policy, “NIH Intramural Research Program: Promoting Equity Through Access Planning”

The commenters support finalizing NIH’s proposed policy requiring licensees of NIH-developed technologies to submit access plans, recommending the inclusion of reasonable pricing commitments in such access planning. They also urge the agency to require public disclosure of access plans, consider patent type and license exclusivity when evaluating plans, and implement systematic annual reporting to monitor licensee compliance.