Dear Reader

In this the final issue of Pediatric Drugs for 2014, the editors and production staff at Adis would like to take the opportunity to look back on all that has been achieved in the last 12 months and to thank the people who have given their time to ensure we continue to bring you world-class content.

We are pleased to advise you of a number of positive developments involving the Adis journals in 2014. This year saw the journal portfolio increase in size with the transfer of a number of existing Springer journals into the Adis portfolio, as well as the launch of two new open access titles: Drugs - Real World Outcomes targets research involving the use of real-world data to evaluate health outcomes and inform healthcare decision-making, with a particular focus on healthcare-related ‘big data’; and Drug Safety - Case Reports publishes reports of any unintended or adverse effects following administration of a medicinal product, as well as cases involving ‘near misses’ or a lack of efficacy.

The first six titles to be commissioned under the Adis Books programme will have been published by year end and we are developing a robust pipeline of new titles, involving top authors from around the globe. We have appreciated the many topical proposals submitted to date.

As another year draws to a close, we would like to say a big thank you to all the authors who have contributed articles to Pediatric Drugs. Without their expertise and hard work we would not have been able to publish the journal. The quality of published articles also reflects the significant time and effort put in by the peer reviewers, whose dedication ensures that we continue to publish content of the highest possible standard. In addition to the members of our Honorary Editorial Board, we would like to thank the following individuals who acted as reviewers for articles published in Pediatric Drugs in 2014:

Isabelle Aerts, France

Muhammed O. Afolabi, Gambia

Karel Allegaert, Belgium

Marina Aloi, Italy

Birgit Assmann, Germany

Sameer Bakhshi, India

Carlo V. Bellieni, Italy

Sandra Benavides, USA

Marc A. Benninga, The Netherlands

J. W. Berkenbosch, USA

Jurr Boer, The Netherlands

Soenke Boettger, USA

Xavier Bosch, Spain

Marjet J. A. M. Braamskamp, The Netherlands

Jeffrey Brent, USA

David A. Brent, USA

Janet L. Brody, USA

P. Brown, USA

Eric Bruckert, France

Roberto B. Canani, Italy

F. L. Cantrell, USA

Delia Carias, USA

Gabrielle A. Carlson, USA

Imti Choonara, UK

Jeffrey J. Cies, USA

Giorgio Ciprandi, Italy

Shannon Clark, USA

Alessandro Consolaro, Italy

Fabrizio Conti, Italy

Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis, USA

Samuel Cortese, France

Brian R. Curtis, USA

Sukanya De, Australia

Saskia N. de Wildt, The Netherlands

D. Dersch-Mills, Canada

Krishna K. Dhakchinamoorthi, India

George A. Diaz, USA

Gianpaolo Donzelli, Italy

Bernadka Dubicka, UK

Mark Duffett, Canada

Eamonn Eeles, Australia

Michael S. Ewer, USA

Marlena S. Fejzo, USA

Ivan S. Fernandez, USA

Pietro Ferrara, Italy

Celia L. Ferreira, Brazil

Jo-David Fine, USA

Loretta P. Finnegan, USA

John S. Fountain, New Zealand

Israel Franco, USA

Diann E. Gaalema, USA

Luis Garcia-Marcos, Spain

Kristen M. Gawronski, USA

Victor R. Gordeuk, USA

David Graham, USA

N. S. Green, USA

Christian Guilleminault, USA

Abha A. Gupta, Canada

Amanda Gwee, Australia

Raafat S. Hannallah, USA

Philip Hazell, Australia

Leslie Hendeles, USA

Georg F. Hoffmann, Germany

Valerie Hu, USA

Carl Hunt, USA

Louisa Ibanez, Spain

David Isaacs, Australia

Evelyne Jacqz-Aigrain, France

V. Jain, India

Lauren M. Jansson, USA

P. Jarosz-Chobot, Poland

Liza M. Johnson, USA

D. L. Johnston, Canada

Anne Junker, Canada

Karol Kaltenbach, USA

Christopher Kaposy, Canada

Elizabeth S. Kaufman, USA

Elin Kimland, Sweden

Anthony L. Kovac, USA

Lieven Lagae, Belgium

Sebastiano A. G. Lava, Switzerland

Vincenzo Leuzzi, Italy

Margaret Little, USA

David R. Mack, Canada

S. Majumdar, USA

Doreen Matsui, Canada

Ross R. E. McKinney, USA

Dana Meranus, USA

Paul Meyers, USA

Rahul Mhaskar, USA

Wynne Morrison, USA

Macey L. Murray, UK

Karl O. Nakken, Norway

Antje Neubert, Germany

T. Neveus, Sweden

Nguyenvu Nguyen, USA

Marina Nikanorova, Denmark

Katja E. Odening, Germany

Ali Oto, Turkey

Gian M. Pacifici, Italy

Adriana Parrella, Australia

Manoj V. Parulekar, UK

Stephen W. Patrick, USA

Toni Pearson, USA

Robert Peterson, Canada

Wim Pinxten, Belgium

Cynthia A. Prows, USA

R. L. Randall, USA

Y. Ravindranath, USA

Francoise Redini, France

David B. Resnik, USA

Michael J. Rieder, Canada

Christopher C. Rubino, USA

Richard K. Russell, UK

Smita Salunke, UK

M. O. Savage, UK

Ken Schikler, USA

Lawrence R. Schiller, USA

S. M. Schuetze, USA

Peter J. Schwartz, Italy

Hannsjorg Seyberth, Germany

Neil Shah, UK

Neil Shear, Canada

Miriam Shuchman, Canada

Cameron L. Smirk, Australia

Heidi Smith, USA

Joseph F. Standing, UK

Petra Staubach, Germany

Lynne Sterni, USA

Anne H. Udal, Norway

Suzanne van de Vathorst, The Netherlands

Sara L. Van Driest, USA

H. M. van Dullemen, The Netherlands

Nicola Vanacore, Italy

Yvan Y. Vandenplas, Belgium

Timo Vesikari, Finland

Alexander A. Vinks, USA

Benedetto Vitiello, USA

C. L. von Baeyer, Canada

Philip D. Walson, Germany

Gerald F. Watts, Australia

Catherine Weil-Olivier, France

Kerry Woolfall, UK

T. E. Young, USA

Boris Zernikow, Germany

We hope that you have found the articles published throughout 2014 to be both interesting and informative. The editors have appreciated the high quality of content contributed to the journal this year and look forward to keeping you up to date with topical issues in the pediatric pharmacotherapy field in 2015.

With best wishes from the staff of Pediatric Drugs and all at Adis Publications.