Antibiotic Action is seeking to establish core funding comprising donations from individuals, corporate groups for consortia support and from philanthropic sources. The first phase of Antibiotic Action was wholly supported by the BSAC from its charitable reserves. Anyone able and interested in supporting Antibiotic Action please contact: Professor Laura Piddock l.j.v.piddock@bham.ac.uk (+44) 0121 414 6966 [...]

I am pleased to support the Antibiotic Action initiative which is looking at how we can ensure we have effective antibiotics for use now and in the future. As a General Practitioner I am very aware of the importance of antibiotics. Antibiotics not only combat mild bacterial infections that I see every week in my GP surgery, but they are vital in hospital practice. They not only save lives but they improve the quality of life also; as proud Patron of charities such as The Meningitis Research Foundation, Diabetes UK and Bliss (the premature baby charity) I have met many people who simply would not have survived without them. Health Practitioners are working hard to use antibiotics appropriately so that antibiotic resistance does not reduce the number of effective treatments available.

This is only one small step in ensuring we can treat infections ? mild and life-threatening ? in the future. There needs to be concerted action from all to support the discovery and development of new agents. I urge you to support Antibiotic Action and sign the petition now ? 21st century medicine needs your support.

I strongly support the efforts of Antibiotic Action. It is imperative that the problems of antibiotic resistance and the dwindling antibiotic pipeline are urgently addressed.

ASM is pleased to support Antibiotic Action which brings together stakeholders from across the globe to look at how we stimulate industry R&D in antibacterial discovery and development?, reports David Hooper MD, President of ASM ?Infectious diseases are a significant cause of illness and economic loss in the US, UK and worldwide and new diagnostics [...]

Pranav Somaiya, surgeon & developmental proteomics lead, Northwick Park Hospital, talks about the importance of antibiotics to his surgical patients, and how proteomics development work is leading to improved outcomes for patients enabling doctors to cut down superbug diagnosis time from 3 days to 2 hours. His support of Antibiotic Action is led by his [...]

“Antibiotic Resistance is going to be one of the big health headlines of the next decade – complacency about overuse of antimicrobials has led to our arsenal of treatments becoming severely depleted. In BBC Radio 4′s “The Path Of Least Resistance” I discovered why we urgently need to review our stewardship of Antibiotics, and encourage [...]

?Antibiotic Action is bringing together government with patient charities, partner organisations and clinicians to discuss key drivers that will stimulate interest and investment in the discovery and development of new antibiotic agents. I am supporting this initiative and look forward to the future where we start to see positive collaborations in this very important area.?