The editors of Medicinal ResearchReviews are pleased to present this virtual issue on the 2013 InternationalWorkshop on Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Beijing, China. Thisvirtual issue collates eight review articles published in Medicinal ResearchReviews over the past few years from world-renowned authors on topics such asthe development of brand new antitubercular molecules, the identification ofnovel drug targets, as well as the characterization of biosynthetic pathways inmycobacterial cell.