Through Antibiotic Action we have received unprecedented support from likewise organisations across the globe. More than 3,700 signatories have been received for a Petition calling for government to examine what can be done in this important area. We will work hard to translate this support into practical working relationships that will bring academics, economists, scientists, industry, venture capitalists, philanthropists, regulators and government together. We will examine what has gone before, open the natural product libraries and discover the treasures they hold and stimulate economic and regulatory innovations. We will strive to ensure that the field of antibacterial discovery and development is the place that the brightest, most able and most innovative scientists want to be, and the field in which those with social conscience and money to invest wish to work. Tall orders these may be, unapologetically ambitious definitely, but nothing less will achieve the results we need and that modern medicine deserves."