The field of long-acting (LA) therapeutics is emerging as the next frontier for healthcare management. By offering sustained and controlled release of medicines, LA technologies make it easier to achieve optimal dosing targets with less frequent administrations of treatment, thus offering support for smoother condition management. To date, LMICs tend to lag behind when it comes to access to new health solutions, and the Medicines Patent Pool is putting efforts to reduce that lag as much as possible, in collaboration with key stakeholders.