Competing interests: The BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies The authors declare the following other interests: JP is chair of UK Academics and Professionals to End TB, a member of the Innovations Constituency Delegation to the Stop TB Partnership board, and editor of TB Drug Monographs (all unpaid). SB is county councillor for Lancashire County Council and councillor for Rossendale Borough Council. Marc Lipman is chair of the Joint Tuberculosis Committee and NTM (non-tuberculous mycobacteria) Network UK and trustee of NTM Patient Care UK; he has received an honorarium for chairing a respiratory vaccine meeting for GSK.