Dear Reader,

In this the final issue of Drug Safety 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.

Several of our journals saw healthy gains in the ISI impact factor this year. The biggest gains were made by Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy, which leapt 53 % to 2.589; European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, which increased 39 % to 1.312; American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, which increased 37 % to 2.519; Targeted Oncology, which increased 25 % to 3.458; and The Patient—Patient Centered Outcomes Research, which increased 25 % to 1.957. We look forward to building on these gains in 2015.

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 Drug Safety. 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 Drug Safety in 2014:

Maria Agapova, USA

Alejandra Aguzzi, Argentina

Ismaïl Ahmed, France

Guruprasad Aithal, UK

Elizabeth N. Allen, South Africa

Roy D. Altman, USA

Fabio Angeli, Italy

Rajender R. Aparasu, USA

Louis J. Aronne, USA

Jeffrey K. Aronson, UK

Parisa Aslani, Australia

Priya Bahri, UK

Matthew Baker, UK

Anjan Banerjee, UK

Corrado Barbui, Italy

Ethan Basch, USA

Andrew Bate, UK

Bernard Begaud, France

David S.H. Bell, USA

Jennifer Bellis, UK

Ariel Beresniak, Switzerland

David Bergqvist, Sweden

Julien Bezin, France

Boyang Bian, USA

Pipasha N. Biswas, UK

Corrado Blandizzi, Italy

Sonia Bongala, Philippines

Stefanos Bonovas, Greece

John J. Borg, Malta

Ian W. Boyd, Australia

Steve Brinksman, UK

David Bruce, USA

Christian Burri, Switzerland

Begonia Calvo, Spain

Ola Caster, Sweden

Chia-Hsuin Chang, Taiwan, Province of China

Herbert S. Chase, USA

Tommy Cheung, Hong Kong

Imti Choonara, UK

Christine B. Christiansen, Denmark

Antonio Clavenna, Italy

John G.F. Cleland, UK

Preciosa M. Coloma, The Netherlands

James W. Cooper, USA

Anthony R. Cox, UK

Gerald Dal Pan, USA

Borje Darpo, Sweden

Amelie Daveluy, France

Neil M. Davies, UK

Marc E. De Broe, Belgium

Marie L. De Bruin, The Netherlands

Sieta T. de Vries, The Netherlands

Francesco Dentali, Italy

James J. DiNicolantonio, USA

Jon Duke, USA

A.C. Easty, Canada

Brian D. Edwards, UK

Eli D. Ehrenpreis, USA

Dean T. Eurich, Canada

Alessio Farcomeni, Italy

Michel Farnier, France

Georg Ferber, Switzerland

Robin E. Ferner, UK

Paul Feuerstadt, USA

Daniel Fife, USA

Ruth Filik, UK

Baruch Fischhoff, USA

Lawrence Flaherty, USA

Christina J. Flaxel, USA

Anthony W. Fox, UK

Jessica Franklin, USA

L.F. Fried, USA

Edwin A.M. Gale, UK

John-Michael Gamble, Canada

Vishvas Garg, USA

Louis P. Garrison Jr, USA

Paul Gavaza, USA

Brian Gennery, UK

Andrew Gilbert, Australia

Nils E. Gilhus, Norway

Sudeep Gill, Canada

Rosa Gini, Italy

David Goldsmith, USA

A.M. Gotto, USA

David A. Gremse, USA

Rolf H.H. Groenwold, The Netherlands

Staffan Hagg, Sweden

Sven O. Hansson, Sweden

Charles R. Harrington, UK

Azmi Hassali, Malaysia

Manfred Hauben, USA

Lorna Hazell, UK

Lee A. Hebert, USA

F.M. Helmerhorst, The Netherlands

Victoria A. Hogan, Canada

Martin Hohenegger, Austria

John H. Holmes, USA

Bruce P.J. Hugman, Thailand

Donald A. Hutcherson, USA

Ambrose O. Isah, Nigeria

Girish K. Jain, India

Narumol Jarernsiripornkul, Thailand

Svein I. Johannessen, Norway

Cecilie Johannessen Landmark, Norway

Juergen John, Germany

Ken Jung, USA

Sandra L. Kane-Gill, USA

Yea-Huei K. Yang, Taiwan

Mohit Kapoor, Canada

Peter P. Karpawich, USA

Richard N. Keers, UK

Romica Kerketta, USA

Elin Kimland, Sweden

Michael Klepper, USA

Jan A. Kors, The Netherlands

Janet Krska, UK

Bruno Krug, Belgium

Ellen C.L. Løkkegaard, Denmark

Torben B. Larsen, Denmark

Deborah Layton, UK

Paea LePendu, USA

Terri L. Levien, USA

James H. Lewis, USA

George Liamis, Greece

Hugo H. Lovheim, Sweden

Yunxia Lu, Sweden

Parvaz Madadi, Canada

Douglas W. Mapel, USA

John F. Marriott, UK

Reinaldo M. Martins, Brazil

Richard McCallum, USA

Joelle Micallef, France

Eleonora Montuschi, UK

Ugo Moretti, Italy

Prakash Nadkarni, USA

Michael A. Nauck, Germany

Rudolph M. Navari, USA

Pertti J. Neuvonen, Finland

Michael L. Nieder, USA

Richard M. Nixon, Switzerland

Joëlle L. Nortier, Belgium

Michael T. Nurmohamed, The Netherlands

Sten Olsson, Sweden

Milton Packer, USA

Kamlesh Pant, India

Antoine Pariente, France

Bjorn Pasternak, Denmark

Lars H. Pedersen, Denmark

Alfred Penfornis, France

Susanne Perez-Gutthann, Spain

Frantisek F. Perlik, Czech Republic

John R. Petrie, UK

Iris Pigeot, Germany

Simone Pinheiro, USA

Chandni Prakash, New Zealand

Robin J. Prescott, UK

Daniel J. Rader, USA

Lembit L Rago, Switzerland

Dennis W. Raisch, USA

Emanuel Raschi, Italy

Nigel Rawson, Canada

Jenna M. Reps, UK

Peter R. Rijnbeek, The Netherlands

Hannelore Rott, Germany

Elizabeth E. Roughead, Australia

Lewis J. Rubin, USA

Patrick B. Ryan, USA

Kaija Saranto, Finland

Douglas W. Scharre, USA

André J. Scheen, Belgium

Domenico Schiavino, Italy

Martijn J. Schuemie, The Netherlands

Martin Schulz, Germany

Jodi B. Segal, USA

F. Semeraro, Italy

Bostjan Seruga, Slovenia

Rashmi R. Shah, UK

Nigam H. Shah, USA

Valentina Shakhnovich, USA

Deborah J. Shaw, UK

Maki Shinzawa, Japan

Lucia Silva, UK

Cassian Sitaru, Germany

Jim Slattery, UK

Doris Stenver, Denmark

Andy Stergachis, USA

Fiona A. Stevenson, UK

Michael A. Stoto, USA

Michele Tameris, South Africa

Michael V. Tatley, New Zealand

Nicholas P. Tatonetti, USA

Adel Taweel, UK

Alexander Tenenbaum, Israel

Rolf Teschke, Germany

Morten B. Thomsen, Denmark

Michael D. Thorn, USA

Ram C. Tiwari, USA

Gianluca Trifiro, Italy

Francesco Trotta, Italy

Pascale Tubert-Bitter, France

Marco Tuccori, Italy

Jeffrey Turner, USA

Takashi Ueta, Japan

Willy M. Valencia, USA

Patricia M.L.A. van den Bemt, The Netherlands

Sjaak van der Geest, The Netherlands

A.C. van Grootheest, The Netherlands

Charlotte van Noord, The Netherlands

Nicola Vanacore, Italy

Cristina Varas-Lorenzo, Spain

Mauro Venegoni, Italy

Niels Vermeer, The Netherlands

Santiago Vilar, USA

Massimo Volpe, Italy

Alexander M. Walker, USA

Susanna M. Wallerstedt, Sweden

Corinna Weber-Schoendorfer, Germany

Rachel Weinstein, USA

Amy M. Weise, USA

Heather J. Whitaker, UK

James P. Wilson, USA

Almut G. Winterstein, USA

Blair J. Wylie, USA

Susan Yanovski, USA

Antonella Zambon, Italy

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 2015.

With best wishes from the staff of Drug Safety and all at Adis Publications.