Table 1
Summarised recommendations of the Microbial Threat meeting
| • The EU and members states must recognise that antimicrobial resistance is a major European and global problem |
| • Pharmaceutical companies should be encouraged to develop new antimicrobial agents but these will not solve the problem in the near future |
| • The EU and member states should set up a European surveillance system of antimicrobial resistance |
| • The EU and member states need to collect data on the supply and consumption of antimicrobial agents |
| • The EU and member states should encourage the adoption of a wide range of measures to promote prudent use of antimicrobial agents |
| • The EU and member states and national research councils should make coordinated research on antimicrobial resistance a high priority |
| • A way should be found to review progress with these recommendations and proposals |
