Dear Reader,

As we reach the final issue of PharmacoEconomics for 2017, 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.

2017 was a successful year for PharmacoEconomics, with the journal achieving its highest ever Impact Factor (3.63).

Other journals in the Adis Premier Journals Portfolio (http://www.springer.com/gp/adis) continue to prosper, and this year has seen the successful launch of our sister journal PharmacoEconomics - Open. The journal has published a full volume of 30 articles in its first year, plus many more online first. The open-access journal focuses on cost and health outcomes associated with drugs, devices and other healthcare interventions.

We thank the authors who have contributed articles to PharmacoEconomics over the course of 2017. 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 PharmacoEconomics in the last 12 months:

Georges Adunlin, USA

Maiwenn J. Al, The Netherlands

Roberta M. Ara, UK

Gianluca Baio, Italy

Andrew Bean, USA

Marcel Bilger, Singapore

François Bocquet, France

Fergus Bolger, UK

Judith E. Bosmans, The Netherlands

Marc F. Botteman, USA

Valentin Brodszky, Hungary

James Buchanan, UK

Stefano Capri, Italy

Marissa J. Carter, USA

Swetha Challagulla, USA

Jagpreet Chhatwal, USA

Chun-Ru Chien, Taiwan, Republic of China

Christos Chouaïd, France

Leslie Citrome, USA

Tammy Clifford, Canada

Brendan Collins, UK

Martin Connock, UK

Keith Cooper, UK

Diarmuid Coughlan, USA

Paula Cronin, Australia

Brian Dangerfield, UK

Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Australia

Gerard de Pouvourville, France

Ken Deal, Canada

Albane Degrassat-Théas, France

Ashish Deshmukh, USA

Nancy J. Devlin, UK

Vakaramoko Diaby, USA

Padraig Dixon, UK

Brett Doble, UK

Tom Drake, UK

George Dranitsaris, Canada

Simon Eckermann, Australia

Richard Edlin, New Zealand

Obinna I. Ekwunife, Germany

Elamin Elbasha, USA

Flávia T. S. Elias, Brazil

Rita Faria, UK

Steven R. Feldman, USA

Yan Feng, UK

Gerardus W. J. Frederix, The Netherlands

Andrea Gabrio, UK

Katya Galactinova, Switzerland

Livio Garattini, Italy

Melissa Garrido, USA

Daniel A. Goldstein, USA

Dominik Golicki, Poland

Stephen Goodall, Australia

Ilias Goranitis, UK

Christopher Graham, USA

Sabine E. Grimm, The Netherlands

Scott D. Grosse, USA

Julian F. Guest, UK

László Gulácsi, Hungary

Hossein Haji Ali Afzali, Australia

Tommi Harkanen, Finland

Anthony H. Harris, Australia

Mark Harrison, Canada

Annie Hawton, UK

Ron D. Hays, USA

Luis Hernandez, USA

Mickaël Hiligsmann, The Netherlands

Renske J. Hoefman, The Netherlands

Aidan Hollis, Canada

Martine Hoogendoorn, The Netherlands

Rudolf Hoogenveen, The Netherlands

John Hornberger, USA

Martin Hoyle, UK

K. Jack Ishak, Canada

Amalia Issa, USA

Michelle Jenks, UK

Eric Jutkowitz, USA

Pawel Kawalec, Poland

Iftekhar Khan, UK

Samer Kharroubi, Lebanon

Josh Knight, Australia

Hendrik Koffijberg, The Netherlands

Katarzyna Kolasa, Poland

Sanjeewa Kularatna, Australia

Tracey-Lea Laba, Australia

Erik Landfeldt, Sweden

Nicholas R. Latimer, UK

Robert Launois, France

Reiner Leidl, Germany

William Leung, New Zealand

Adrian R. Levy, Canada

Nick Li, USA

Robert Likic, Croatia

Andrew Lloyd, UK

James R. S. Lomas, UK

Paula K. Lorgelly, UK

Jessica Lum, USA

Nan Luo, Singapore

Daniel C. Malone, USA

T. Joseph Mattingly II, USA

Josephine A. Mauskopf, USA

Christopher J. McCabe, Canada

Nikki McCaffrey, Australia

Laura McCullagh, Ireland

Phil Mcewan, UK

Liz Mearns, USA

Gregory B. Merlo, Australia

Sandra Milev, USA

Ateesha F. Mohamed, USA

Jorgen Moller, USA

Christine Mpundu-Kaambwa, Australia

Brendan Mulhern, Australia

Erik Nord, Norway

Selwyn Odes, Israel

Jan Abel Olsen, Norway

James F. O’Mahony, Ireland

Catherine Orrell, South Africa

Bonny Parkinson, Australia

Vardhaman Patel, USA

Luz María Peña-Longobardo, Spain

Becky Pennington, UK

Tomas J. Philipson, USA

Daniel Pollard, UK

Kim Rand-Hendriksen, Norway

Julie Ratcliffe, Australia

Ken Redekop, The Netherlands

Dean A. Regier, Canada

Colin Ridyard, UK

Wolf Rogowski, Germany

Joshua A. Roth, USA

Jeff Round, UK

Carolyn Rutter, USA

Robyn Sayner, USA

Chris Schilling, Australia

Jonas Schreyogg, Germany

Koonal K. Shah, UK

Ruchitbhai Shah, USA

James Shearer, UK

Surya Singh, USA

Chris Skedgel, UK

John Slof, Spain

Federico Spandonaro, Italy

Hazel Squires, UK

Baudouin Standaert, Belgium

Lachlan Standfield, Australia

Tom Stargardt, Germany

Lotte Steuten, USA

John M. Tilford, USA

Mondher Toumi, France

Adrian K. Towse, UK

Her Hsin Tsai, UK

Haitham W. Tuffaha, Australia

Cara Usher, Ireland

Antoinette D. van Asselt, The Netherlands

Naomi van der Linden, The Netherlands

Kees van Gool, Australia

Wim van Harten, The Netherlands

Caroline Vass, UK

Andrew Walker, UK

Surrey Walton, USA

Ching-Yun Wei, UK

Nicky Welton, UK

Michael Willis, Sweden

Edward C. F. Wilson, UK

Leslie S. Wilson, USA

Torbjørn Wisløff, Norway

William W. Wong, Canada

Feng Xie, Canada

Tracey A. Young, UK

Kyle Zanocco, 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.

We do hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in PharmacoEconomics to be interesting and informative. The editorial schedule for 2018 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,

Christopher Carswell and Timothy Wrightson

Co-Editors in Chief