Dame Sally Davies who stated that the threat of antibiotic resistance was as great as the terrorist threat writes;
‘The problem of antibiotic resistance is a global threat to modern medicine which needs tackling now. I am really pleased to learn of the creation of Antibiotic Research UK, the world’s first charity dedicated to developing new antibiotic therapies funded by public donation. I wish the charity every success in their aim of bringing a new antibiotic therapy into clinical use by 2020 and developing more subsequently’.