Dear Reader,

As we reach the final issue of Clinical Drug Investigation 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 Clinical Drug Investigation with publication of over 100 articles in this year’s volume.

The quality of articles published in the journal is also reflected in its most recent impact factor (2016 impact factor 1.853).

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 PharmacoEconomics—Open, the newest journal in the portfolio. The journal has published a full volume of 30 articles in its first year, plus many more online first. Following in the steps of Adis’ flagship subscription journal in the field, PharmacoEconomics, the new 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 Clinical Drug Investigation 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 Clinical Drug Investigation in the last 12 months:

  • Suresh K. Agarwal, USA

  • Mehmet Akman, Turkey

  • Mauro Alaibac, Italy

  • Karel Allegaert, Belgium

  • Fernando Antoñanzas Villar, Spain

  • Kunizo Arai, Japan

  • John L. Ard Jr, USA

  • Ozer Arican, Turkey

  • Caroline A. Arout, USA

  • Antonio Ascione, Italy

  • Elad Asher, Israel

  • Kristopher Attwood, USA

  • Giovanni Baranello, Italy

  • Shawna D. Beck, USA

  • Lothar Bergmann, Germany

  • Eliane M. Billaud, France

  • Einar S. Björnsson, Iceland

  • Stefan Bliz, Switzerland

  • Claudine A. Blum, Switzerland

  • Alberto Bocchetta, Italy

  • Fausto Bogazzi, Italy

  • Peter Bonate, USA

  • Kristen Bondesio, New Zealand

  • Emmanuel Boselli, France

  • Denis Boucaud-Maitre, France

  • Bernd Brüggenjürgen, Germany

  • Natale Daniele Brunetti, Italy

  • Massimiliano Buoli, Italy

  • Cheryl Bushnell, USA

  • Maria Buti, Spain

  • Karina M. Butler, Ireland

  • David Camfield, Australia

  • F. Lee Cantrell, USA

  • Christian R. Cavé, France

  • Mehmet Fatih Ceylan, Turkey

  • Manju Chandran, Singapore

  • Jongwha Chang, USA

  • Giovanni Chiriaco, Italy

  • Andrea Chiricozzi, Italy

  • Hyun-Kyung Cho, Republic of Korea

  • Lona L. Christrup, Denmark

  • Yuri Clement, Trinidad and Tobago

  • Angela P.H. Colbers, The Netherlands

  • Giacomo Comi, Italy

  • Benilde Cosmi, Italy

  • Ranjeet Dash, USA

  • André V. de Carvalho, Brazil

  • Daniele De Luca, France

  • Luca Dello Strologo, Italy

  • Jacques Descotes, France

  • Vito Di lernia, Italy

  • Massimo Di Maio, Italy

  • Igor Diemberger, Italy

  • Jasper Dingemanse, Switzerland

  • Zoubir Djerada, France

  • Athanassios Douzenis, Greece

  • Mariola Drozd, Poland

  • Denis Dupoiron, France

  • Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, France

  • Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, Italy

  • Alison Ehrlich, USA

  • Fawzy Elbarbry, USA

  • Nina Elk, USA

  • Urban Emmenegger, Canada

  • Michael Enenbach, USA

  • Kirk E. Evoy, USA

  • Abiy H. Eyakem, USA

  • Mehdi Farshchian, USA

  • Giampiero Favato, UK

  • Kenneth R. Feingold, USA

  • Chao Feng, USA

  • Jan Frölich, Germany

  • Hitomi Fujii, Japan

  • David Gaita, USA

  • Stephan M. Goldfinger, USA

  • Franco Granella, Italy

  • Sam Harirforoosh, USA

  • Craig T. Hartrick, USA

  • Ken Haruma, Japan

  • Katarina Hatalova, Slovakia

  • Stefanie Hennig, Australia

  • Stephan Heres, Germany

  • Laurence G. Howes, Australia

  • Shunya Ikeda, Japan

  • Davide Imberti, Italy

  • Masaru Inatani, Japan

  • Demetris Ioannides, Greece

  • Mihajlo Jakovljevic, Serbia

  • Emilie Jouanjus, France

  • Chris J. Kapelios, Greece

  • Dong Joon Kim, Republic of Korea

  • Jee-Ae Kim, Republic of Korea

  • Pinar Kizilirmak, Turkey

  • Martin C.J. Kneyber, The Netherlands

  • Anita Kohli, USA

  • Andrew J. Krentz, USA

  • Anna Krupa, Poland

  • Arjun Kumar, USA

  • Cecile D. Lahiri, USA

  • Jean-Daniel Lalau, France

  • Roger A. Levy, Brazil

  • Matthias Liechti, Switzerland

  • Robert Likic, Croatia

  • Lokesh Lingappa, India

  • Can Liu, USA

  • Chieh-Yu Liu, Taiwan, Republic of China

  • Xinyue Liu, USA

  • Yong Liu, China

  • Hartmut M. Lode, Germany

  • Wei Lu, China

  • Zhu Luo, China

  • Jian-Hua Ma, China

  • Istvan M. Majer, The Netherlands

  • Roberto Mandrioli, Italy

  • Noha O. Mansour, Egypt

  • Maurie Markman, USA

  • Jay W. Mason, USA

  • Massimo C. Mauri, Italy

  • Stefan Mauss, Germany

  • Victor Mayoral Rojals, Spain

  • Bella Mehta, USA

  • Sebastiano Mercadante, Italy

  • Tracey L. Mersfelder, USA

  • Peter Michielsen, Belgium

  • David V. Milford, UK

  • Michael C. Mithoefer, USA

  • Akimitsu Miyauchi, Japan

  • Marina D. Mochcovitch, Brazil

  • Kumaravel Mohankumar, USA

  • Ugo Moretti, Italy

  • Stefan A. Müller-Lissner, Germany

  • Nisha Nanaware-Kharade, USA

  • Hector Nazario, USA

  • Bruce Neal, Australia

  • Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Malaysia

  • Ryuichi Ogawa, Japan

  • Hirohide Ohnishi, Japan

  • Elias Oussedik, Canada

  • Alexandra C. Pacurariu, The Netherlands

  • Roberto Padrini, Italy

  • Vimal K. Paliwal, India

  • Chanhyun Park, USA

  • Nadine Petitpain, France

  • Rosario Pivonello, Italy

  • Elisabetta Poluzzi, Italy

  • Giampiero Porzio, Italy

  • Lluís Puig, Spain

  • Emanuel Raschi, Italy

  • Umberto Restelli, Italy

  • Arthur G. Roberts, USA

  • Micah J. Rose, UK

  • Gianluca Rosso, Italy

  • Alberto F. Rubio-Guerra, Mexico

  • Matteo Ruggeri, Italy

  • Janusz K. Rybakowski, Poland

  • Yoshifumi Saisho, Japan

  • Ahmed H. Salem, USA

  • Gabriele Sani, Italy

  • Filippo M. Sarullo, Italy

  • Tania Schink, Germany

  • Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf, Sweden

  • Alissa Segal, USA

  • Jodi B. Segal, USA

  • Maurizio Sessa, Italy

  • Didik Setiawan, Indonesia

  • Abdul Naveed Shaik, USA

  • Satish Sharan, USA

  • Jian Shi, USA

  • Hiroki Shimura, Japan

  • Kwang-Hee Shin, Republic of Korea

  • Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israel

  • Maaike A. Sikma, The Netherlands

  • Tracy L. Skaer, USA

  • Grant E. Sklar, Singapore

  • Lincoln S. Smith, USA

  • Vincent Soriano, Spain

  • Jona Stahmeyer, Germany

  • Elin M. Svensson, Sweden

  • Muzeeb Syed, USA

  • Rolf Teschke, Germany

  • Kednapa Thavorn, Canada

  • Dick Tibboel, The Netherlands

  • Leonardo Tondo, USA

  • Danny Tsai, Australia

  • Tongeji Tungaraza, UK

  • Hisanori Umehara, Japan

  • Kazuo Umemura, Japan

  • Job F.M. van Boven, The Netherlands

  • Andre J. van der Ven, The Netherlands

  • Giustino Varrassi, Italy

  • Frederik H. Verbrugge, Belgium

  • Alberto Verrotti, Italy

  • Bing H. Wang, Australia

  • Meng-Ting Wang, Taiwan, Republic of China

  • Nadine Wentzell, Germany

  • Kyle J. Wilby, Qatar

  • Bin Wu, China

  • Hirosuke Yamaji, Japan

  • Paul S. Yamauchi, USA

  • Ibrahim Yehya, USA

  • Kwang Ha Yoo, Republic of Korea

  • Dukyong Yoon, Republic of Korea

  • Arifa Zaidi, USA

  • Rosa Zampino, Italy

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:

  • Edouard Battegay, Switzerland

  • Ettore Beghi, Italy

  • Leif Bertilsson, Sweden

  • Hasan Bhally, New Zealand

  • S. George Carruthers, Northern Ireland

  • Enno Christophers, Germany

  • Kamil Detyniecki, USA

  • Mervyn J. Eadie, Australia

  • Daniel E. Furst, USA

  • Chander Shekhar Gautam, India

  • Helen Giamarellou, Greece

  • Sylvain Goutelle, France

  • Yoshiyuki Hamamoto, Japan

  • Philip D. Home, England

  • Norman M. Kaplan, USA

  • Tony K.L. Kiang, Canada

  • Gregory L. Kearns, USA

  • Filip Krag Knop, Denmark

  • Cyrus R. Kumana, Hong Kong, China

  • Avijit Lahiri, England

  • Jörn Lötsch, Germany

  • Giovanni Maconi, Italy

  • Howard Maibach, USA

  • Andrea Marcellusi, Italy

  • Keith McCormack, England

  • Trefor O. Morgan, Australia

  • George L. Morris III, USA

  • Franco Muggia, USA

  • Mamoru Narukawa, Japan

  • Nuria Pérez Álvarez, Spain

  • Emillio Perucca, Italy

  • C. Venkata S. Ram, USA

  • Shiv Kumar Sarin, India

  • Steven C. Schachter, USA

  • Michael W. Simon, USA

  • Christine Staatz, Australia

  • Anne-Marie Taburet, France

  • Gianluca Trifirò, Italy

  • Peter C. Tugwell, Canada

  • Florian M.E. Wagenlehner, Germany

  • Miles Weinberger, USA

  • Vivian T. Wong, Hong Kong, China

  • Dan Wright, New Zealand

  • Nick Jackie Zhang, USA

  • Hongxin Zhao, China

We do hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in Clinical Drug Investigation 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,

Jasbir Singh

Editor-in-Chief