Acknowledgement to Referees

Dear Reader,

As we reach the final issue of Drugs and Therapy Perspectives for 2018, we wish to reflect on another successful year’s achievements, and to thank all those who have contributed their time and effort to guarantee the high quality of our content.

2018 was a successful year for Drugs and Therapy Perspectives. Over 90 articles have been published; the most popular of these, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink, have been:

• Afatinib in advanced NSCLC: a profile of its use. Emma D. Deeks, Gillian M. Keating. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-018-0482-6.

• From pharmacy faculty to pharmacy shop: still a logical pathway in Europe? Livio Garattini, Anna Padula. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0469-8.

• Pirfenidone tablets in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a profile of their use. Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0459-x.

• Pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RotaTeq^®) in the prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis: a profile of its use in the EU. Yahiya Y. Syed, Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-018-0497-z.

• SB4 (Benepali^®; an etanercept biosimilar): a profile of its use. Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson, Kate McKeage. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0467-x.

• Assessment of the risk of acute kidney injury associated with the use of pantoprazole and esomeprazole. K. Renuka Prasad, Priyanka Chettri, N. A. Rajesh, A. Rathinaswamy, R. Padmanaban, T. M. Vijayakumar. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-018-0503-5.

• Prevention and treatment of oral mucositis pain following cancer therapy. P. S. Satheeshkumar, Minu. P. Mohan. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-018-0486-2.

• Naloxone nasal spray (Nyxoid^®) in opioid overdose: a profile of its use in the EU. Kate McKeage, Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-018-0498-y.

• Routine maternal immunization against seasonal influenza, pertussis and tetanus protects the mother, fetus and young infant. Adis Medical Writers. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0471-1.

• Balance risks and benefits when selecting anaesthetic and perioperative care options in elderly surgical outpatients. Adis Medical Writers. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-018-0478-2.

Other journals in the Adis Premier Journals Portfolio (http://www.springer.com/gp/adis) continue to prosper with substantial increases in usage year on year. In addition, this year has seen Applied Health Economics and Health Policy receive its first impact factor.

We thank the authors who have contributed articles to Drugs and Therapy Perspectives over the course of 2018. The skill and dedication of all authors are critical to the continued publication of the journal.

The quality of published articles is also testament to the significant efforts of the peer reviewers, whose commitment ensures that the journal’s content is held to the highest possible standard. We would like to thank the following individuals who acted as reviewers for Drugs and Therapy Perspectives in the last 12 months:

Carlos Abud-Mendoza, Mexico

Antonia Agustí, Spain

Ayaz Ahmad, Saudi Arabia

Zamzam Ahmed, UK

Abdullah Al Hamid, UK

Aeshah AlAzmi, Saudi Arabia

Valerie Albert, Switzerland

Mohamed Alboraie, Egypt

Christopher Alderman, Australia

Natasha Ali, Pakistan

Barbara Almeida, Portugal

Celline C. Almeida-Brasil, Brazil

Yousef A. Alomi, Saudi Arabia

Peter F. Ambros, Austria

Laura Jane Anderson, USA

Jack E. Ansell, USA

Mudassir Anwar, United Arab Emirates

André R. Araujo, Portugal

Francisco Araujo, Spain

Ahmed Awaisu, Qatar

Parveen Bansal, India

Karen M. Bastianelli, USA

Ilknur Basyigit, Turkey

Allegra Battistoni, Italy

Charlotte Bekker, the Netherlands

Massimo Bellini, Italy

Marc A. Benninga, the Netherlands

Corrado Blandizzi, Italy

Marcus Bleckwenn, Germany

Igor Bondarenko, Ukraine

Josip A. Borovac, Croatia

Margarida Caramona, Portugal

Santos Castañeda, Spain

Margarida Castel-Branco, Portugal

Renato Caviglia, UK

Natalie Cebotarenco, Republic of Moldova

Methee Chayakulkeeree, Thailand

Liu Chen, China

Ann C. Childress, USA

Surarong Chinwong, Thailand

Siew Siang Chua, Malaysia

N. D. Cinar, Turkey

Barbara Claus, Belgium

Leslie J. Cloud, USA

Emily L. Deichsel, USA

Vivek Kumar Dey, India

Roger R. Dmochowski, USA

James D. Douketis, Canada

Khalid Dousa, USA

Brian D. Edwards, UK

Shereen Elazzazy, Qatar

Al Elbur, UK

Francisco H. Felix, Brazil

Isabel V. Figueiredo, Portugal

Anthony W. Fox, UK

Joseph H. Friedman, USA

Seiji Fukumoto, Japan

Giovanni Gabutti, Italy

Angelo L. Gaffo, USA

Jeffrey Galinkin, USA

Enrique Gallardo, Spain

Alessandra Gambineri, Italy

Bogdan Geavlete, Romania

Jhanelle Gray, USA

Mohammad A. Hadi, UK

Martina Hahn, Germany

Wayne W. Hall, Australia

Renske Hebing, the Netherlands

Satisha Hegde, India

John J. Hernandez, Colombia

Maximilian Hochmair, Austria

Martin Hojgaard, Denmark

Wojciech Homenda, Poland

Rebecca M. Hoover, USA

Robert H. Howland, USA

Yen-Ming Huang, USA

K. Ilango, India

Cristoforo Incorvaia, Italy

Mohammad Ali Jalalifar, Islamic Republic of Iran

Terence Jones, Australia

Richard C. Josiassen, USA

Rejin Kebudi, Turkey

Edward M. Kerwin, USA

Alhossain A. Khalafallah, Australia

Tahir Khan, Malaysia

Abbas Khosravi, Islamic Republic of Iran

Mike Kirby, UK

Leon H. Kircik, USA

H. S. Kiziltan, Turkey

Irina Kozhanova, Belarus

Hannelore Kreckel, Germany

Gert G. Laekeman, Belgium

Pauline Lai, Malaysia

Joao Lima, Portugal

Holly Lindsay, USA

Wen-Shyong Liou, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chen Spring Liu, China

Abdul Malik, Pakistan

Konstantinos Markatos, Greece

Leslie Martin, USA

Maria A.-P. Martins, Brazil

Benjamin Maughan, USA

Marianna Mazza, Italy

Barbara E. McKenzie, UK

Piyush P. Mehta, India

Anders Mellemgaard, Denmark

Alexander J. Michels, USA

Sanja Mirkov, New Zealand

Yasser H. Mohamed, Japan

Alessandro Morabito, Italy

Jorge Morales, Chile

Manuel A. Morgado, Portugal

Tinashe Mudzviti, Zimbabwe

Eduardo E. Mysler, Argentina

G. R. Nihariga, India

Sylvia A. Opanga, Kenya

Alejandro Orrico-Sanchez, Spain

Onur Ozturk, Turkey

Harikrishnan Parthasarathy, India

Tom Pettersson, Finland

Giovanni Polimeni, Italy

G. Poovi, India

Alison S. Poulton, Australia

K. G. Prashanth, Saudi Arabia

G. Prathiksha, India

Edward Purssell, UK

Mariusz J. Puszczewicz, Poland

Branko Radojkovic, Australia

Muhasaparur G. Rajanandh, India

Muhammad K. Rasheed, Saudi Arabia

Leonardo Roever, Brazil

Sheila Ryder, Ireland

Paola Sacerdote, Italy

Kourosh Sadeghi, Islamic Republic of Iran

Cheryl A. Sadowski, Canada

Mohammad T. Salman, India

Sandeep Saluja, India

Luis Sargento, Portugal

Mouna Sawan, Australia

Morton Scheinberg, Brazil

Jacobo Sellares, Spain

Fandresena Arilala Sendrasoa, Madagascar

Rima B. Shah, India

Samidh Shah, India

Nada A. Shebl, UK

Vitor Silva, Spain

Caroline Sirois, Canada

Niels Skipper, Denmark

Dirk Skowasch, Germany

Ilsuk Sohn, Republic of Korea

Marco Solmi, Italy

Paul Soumen, USA

Gopalan Sridharan, India

Enric Subirats Bayego, Spain

Takefumi Suzuki, Japan

Ekamol Tantisattamo, USA

Rolf Teschke, Germany

Anthony Thaniyan, Saudi Arabia

Erika Tillery, USA

Shanna C. Trenaman, Canada

Amman Ullah, Pakistan

Hendrik van den Berg, the Netherlands

Amy VandenBerg, USA

Frederick Varricchio, USA

Regina Vaz, Portugal

Louis-Nicolas Veilleux, Canada

Timo Vesikari, Finland

Joao Pedro Vieira, Portugal

T. M. Vijayakumar, India

Kirsten K. Viktil, Norway

Francisco Vílchez-Márquez, Spain

Raj Vishakan, India

Niels Vlieland, the Netherlands

Ming-Shyan Wang, Taiwan, Republic of China

Barbara J. Warren, USA

Daniel P. Wermeling, USA

Thomas E. Wessendorf, Germany

Stephan Westland, UK

Peter Wierenga, the Netherlands

Michael C. Woodward, Australia

Antoinette Wozniak, USA

Antoni Xaubet, Spain

Behrooz Yahyaei, Islamic Republic of Iran

Peter Yamoah, South Africa

Wai-Ping Yau, Singapore

Abed Zahedi bialvaei, Islamic Republic of Iran

Fujie Zhang, China

Li Zhang, China

William S. Zirker, USA

In addition, we would like to thank the members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board, who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes, including:

Members who have retired from the Editorial Board in 2018:

G. P. Bianchi Porro, Milan, Italy

I. V. Figueiredo, Coimbra, Portugal

R. Janknegt, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands

G. Judd, London, ON, Canada

M. Le Duff, Rennes, France

M. Levy, Jerusalem, Israel

P. Matoulková, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

A. McAnaw, Dundee, Scotland

J. Schentag, Buffalo, NY, USA

Members who are kindly remaining on the Editorial Board:

Christopher P. Alderman, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Y. A. Alomi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

F. Araujo, Seville, Spain

M. Baraka, Damman, Saudi Arabia

M. Caramona, Coimbra, Portugal

M. Castel-Branco, Coimbra, Portugal

N. Cebotarenco, Chişinău, Moldova

S. Chinwong, Chiang Mai, Thailand

B. Claus, Ghent, Belgium

R. O. Day, Sydney, NSW, Australia

A. Ekincioglu, Ankara, Turkey

W. H. Frishman, Valhalla, NY, USA

D. J. Greenblatt, Boston, MA, USA

M. Guerreiro, Lisbon, Portugal

M. Hahn, Eltville, Germany

H. Kreckel, Giessen, Germany

G. Laekeman, Leuven, Belgium

H. I. Maibach, San Francisco, CA, USA

T. Miharija-Gala, Ljubljana, Slovenia

S. Mirkov, Dunedin, New Zealand

E. Obarcanin, Düsseldorf, Germany

G. Parthasarathi, Mysore, India

S. Saluja, Agra, India

R. B. Shah, Gujarat, India

K. K. Viktil, Oslo, Norway

Members who have recently been welcomed to the Editorial Board:

A. M. Al Hamid, Birmingham, England

S. A. Antoniu, Iaşi, Romania

A. R. T. S. Araujo, Guarda, Portugual

A. Ascione, Naples, Italy

J. J. Hernandez, Bogota, Columbia

C. Liu, Beijing, China

M. A. P. Martins, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

B. E. McKenzie, Aberdeen, Scotland

H. Parthasarathy, Chennai, India

M. A. N. V. Passos Morgado, Covilhã, Portugal

C. Sirois, Quebec City, QC, Canada

F. Vilchez-Márquez, Guadix, Spain

M. S. Wang, New Taipei City,Taiwan

We hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in Drugs and Therapy Perspectives to be interesting and informative. The editorial schedule for 2019 is well under way, and we are looking forward to bringing you many high-quality and authoritative articles over the coming year.

With best wishes,

Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson

Editor Drugs and Therapy Perspectives