Dear Reader,

Welcome to the final issue of Drug Safety for 2020.

This year has presented many challenges and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who have contributed to ensuring the journal has thrived despite the extraordinary circumstances that the science community, and the world in general, has faced.

I would like to start by thanking the authors of the articles published in Drug Safety over the course of 2020. The enthusiasm of all authors for their chosen fields and their willingness to contribute content to the journal are crucial for its continued success.

The quality of published articles is also testament to the diligence of the peer reviewers, whose willingness to share their expertise ensures that the journal’s content is held to the highest standard. I would like to acknowledge the following individuals who acted as reviewers for Drug Safety in the last 12 months:

Farukh Abbas, USA

Lee Aiyegbusi, UK

Halis Akturk, USA

Naama Al Mamari, Canada

Karel Allegaert, Belgium

Hanny Al-Samkari, USA

Thamir M. Alshammari, Saudi Arabia

Emily M. Altman, USA

Eduardo C. Álvarez, Spain

Carlos Alves, Portugal

Mark Anderson, USA

Heather Angus-Leppan, UK

Ippazio Antonazzo, Italy

Mudassir Anwar, New Zealand

Alejandro Arana, Spain

Jeffrey K. Aronson, UK

Esther Artime, Spain

Mark Avigan, USA

Anders Bach, Denmark

Haleh Bagheri, France

Priya Bahri, The Netherlands

Jane P. Bai, USA

Kelly Baillie, UK

Robert Ball, USA

Maria Bampa, Sweden

Juan M. Banda, USA

Anjan Banerjee, UK

Kirsten Barnes, Australia

Andrew Bate, UK

Vincent G. Bauchau, Belgium

Claudia Becker, Switzerland

Bernard Begaud, France

Elisabeth Bendstrup, Denmark

Margaret Bermingham, Ireland

Delphine Bertram, The Netherlands

Subhrojyoti Bhowmick, India

Kevin Bihan, France

Ingrid A. Binswanger, USA

Niclas Björn, Sweden

Einar S. Björnsson, Iceland

Stella Blackburn, UK

Michael Blair, USA

Charles D. Blanke, Canada

Patrick Blin, France

Olivier Bodenreider, USA

Giulia Bonaldo, Italy

John Joseph Borg, Malta

Cedric Bousquet, France

Richard D. Boyce, USA

Ian W. Boyd, Australia

Matthew J. Boyd, UK

Eva Brandl, Germany

James Bussel, USA

Anne Mobley Butler, USA

Jim Buttery, Australia

Katsiaryna Bykov, USA

Ilaria Campesi, Italy

Gianmario Candore, UK

Bruce C. Carleton, Canada

Alfonso Carvajal, Spain

Charles Catton, Canada

Lucia Cea-Soriano, Spain

Herbert S. Chase, USA

Nazia Chaudhuri, UK

Xiaoyi Chen, France

Wisit Cheungpasitporn, USA

Stefania Chiappini, Italy

Sebastien Cossin, France

Melissa M. Cushing, USA

Paola M. Cutroneo, Italy

Giovanni Damiani, Italy

Gaby Danan, France

Fernando De Andres Segura, Spain

Floriana De Angelis, UK

Cristina de la Calle, Spain

Fernando de Mora, Spain

Olatz P. de Viñaspre, Spain

Sieta T. de Vries, The Netherlands

Jessica DeFrank, USA

Poching DeLaurentis, USA

Jules A. Desmeules, Switzerland

Sophie Desmonde, France

Murthy Devarakonda, USA

Don S. Dizon, USA

Son Doan, USA

Matthew P. Doogue, New Zealand

Cécile Droz-Perroteau, France

Rohan D'Souza, Canada

Michael Dunn, USA

Brian D. Edwards, UK

Matthew S. Ellis, USA

Mahyar Etminan, Canada

Marc Evans, UK

Efe Eworuke, USA

Andreea Farcas, Romania

Pablo Fernandez-Penas, Australia

Robin E. Ferner, UK

Carmen Ferrajolo, Italy

Robert J. Fontana, USA

Caroline J. Foster, UK

Anthony W. Fox, UK

Thomas Frisell, Sweden

Kin-Wah W. Fung, USA

Galal Galal-Edeen, UK

Kirsten Galbraith, Australia

Lucie M. Gattepaille, Sweden

Milo Gatti, Italy

Alexander Gerbes, Germany

David Gerrett, UK

Rosa Gini, Italy

Thomas Goedecke, UK

Fernando Gomez-Peralta, Spain

Dharmesh Gopalakrishnan, USA

Amandine Gouverneur, France

Matthew Grainge, UK

Birgitta Grundmark, Sweden

Sinem Ezgi Gulmez, Turkey

Ahmet Güner, Turkey

Gery P. Guy Jr, USA

Maya B. Habre, Lebanon

Eelko Hak, The Netherlands

Gillian C. Hall, UK

Christine E. Hallgreen, Denmark

Linda Härmark, The Netherlands

Manfred Hauben, USA

Martin E.W. Hemels, The Netherlands

Séverine Henrard, Belgium

Thomas Herdegen, Germany

Nelia Hernandez, Uruguay

Samuel Heyman, Israel

Alan M. Hochberg, Switzerland

Corinne M. Hohl, Canada

Luc M.V. Hondeghem, Belgium

M. Yves Horsmans, Belgium

Daniel B. Horton, USA

Bruce P.J. Hugman, Thailand

Takuya Imatoh, Japan

Pedro Inacio, Finland

Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Sweden

Ambrose O. Isah, Nigeria

Irina Isakova-Sivak, The Russian Federation

Jo-Hanna Ivers, Ireland

Yogini Jani, UK

Joseph A.M. Janssen, The Netherlands

Narumol Jarernsiripornkul, Thailand

Tianze Jiao, Canada

Zhaohui Jin, USA

Reed Johnson, USA

Kerina Jones, UK

Cheng Ju, USA

Eliangiringa A. Kaale, United Republic of Tanzania

Masayuki Kaneko, Japan

Alan Kaplan, Canada

Sigal Kaplan, Israel

Igor Karp, Canada

Alison T. Kawai, USA

Susan Keam, New Zealand

Erin Kelty, Australia

Edward M. Kerwin, USA

Sandhya Khurana, USA

Dan Kibuule, Namibia

Doyoung Kim, Republic of Korea

Ty H. Kiser, USA

Peter Knapp, UK

Sonali Kochhar, USA

Eleni Kotsampasakou, UK

Vassilis Koutkias, Greece

Stephan Kraehenbuehl, Switzerland

Janet Krska, UK

Andrea Kuemmerle, Switzerland

Patrick Küry, Germany

Xavier Kurz, The Netherlands

Oliver Kuss, Germany

Thierry Landre, France

Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre, France

Dominique Larrey, France

Jillian S.Y. Lau, Australia

Ulrich Laufs, Germany

Volker Lauschke, Sweden

J.B. Layton, USA

Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Australia

Eun B. Lee, Republic of Korea

Maarit Leinonen, Finland

Jerrold H. Levy, USA

Ying Li, USA

Kueiyu J. Lin, USA

Dick Lindhout, The Netherlands

Feifan Liu, USA

Mei Liu, USA

Vincent Liu, USA

Maria Loane, UK

Kate Mackrill, New Zealand

Kelly M. Mahar, USA

Ian D. Maidment, UK

Francois Maignen, UK

Scott Malec, USA

Krzysztof Malinowski, Poland

Antonis S. Manolis, Greece

Thomas A. Marciniak, USA

Judith C. Maro, USA

Aaron Masino, USA

Patricia D-C. Mastroianni, Brazil

Géric Maura, France

Patricia McGettigan, UK

Mitchell McGill, USA

Claire K. McLintock, New Zealand

Andreas D. Meid, Germany

Brittany L. Melton, USA

Lucy Meunier, France

Jae S. Min, USA

Massimiliano Mirabella, Italy

Thomas J. Moore, USA

Daniel Morales, UK

Ugo Moretti, Italy

Takeshi Morimoto, Japan

Pedro L. Moro, USA

Andrew Mosholder, USA

Shahrul Mt-Isa, UK

Monica A. Munoz, USA

Mehdi Najafzadeh, USA

Avindra Nath, USA

Pantelis Natsiavas, Greece

Manuela Neuman, Canada

Victoria Newbould, UK

Prasad S. Nishtala, UK

Yoshihiro Noguchi, Japan

James Nuttall, South Africa

Didier B. Nzolo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Comfort K. Ogar, Nigeria

Hiroyuki Ohbe, Japan

Sten Olsson, Sweden

Vicki Osborne, UK

Alexandra C. Pacurariu, UK

Nibu Parameswaran Nair, Australia

Antoine Pariente, France

Luca Pasina, Italy

Tejas Patel, India

Alyssa M. Peckham, USA

Ana V. Pejčić, Serbia

Sanne Peters, UK

Thor Petersen, Denmark

Helen Petousis-Harris, New Zealand

Carlo Piccinni, Italy

Luis Pinheiro, UK

Manel Pladevall, Spain

Roy A. Pleasants, USA

Elisabetta Poluzzi, Italy

Vladimir V. Poroikov, The Russian Federation

Anton Pottegård, Denmark

Guillermo Prada-Ramallal, Spain

Scott Proestel, USA

Livia Puljak, Croatia

Lembit Rago, Switzerland

Gerard M. Raj, India

Anup Ramachandran, USA

Emanuel Raschi, Italy

David K. Raynor, UK

Arie Regev, USA

Marc Rendell, USA

Jenna M. Reps, UK

Peter R. Rijnbeek, The Netherlands

Giuseppe Roberto, Italy

Cheryl F. Rosen, Canada

Francois Roubille, France

Elizabeth Roughead, Australia

Yoshifumi Saisho, Japan

Miloje Savic, Belgium

Lucie-Marie Scailteux, France

Stephen Schachterle, USA

Fabrizio Schifano, UK

Tania Schink, Germany

Joep H.G. Scholl, The Netherlands

Lynn M. Schriml, USA

Lavinia Schüler-Faccini, Brazil

David L. Scott, UK

Karla Seaman, Australia

Marcial Sebode, Germany

John D. Seeger, USA

Victor L. Serebruany, USA

Joshua M. Sharfstein, USA

Greene Shepherd, USA

Daniel Shepshelovich, Israel

Luwen Shi, China

Ju-Young Shin, Republic of Korea

Lee S. Simon, USA

Susan M. Sinclair, USA

Sonal Singh, USA

Helena Sköld, Sweden

Jim Slattery, UK

Amelia Smith, Ireland

Joshua Smith, USA

Karen Smith, USA

Meredith Y. Smith, USA

Rachel E. Sobel, USA

Kalyani B. Sonawane, USA

Kathrine B. Søndergaard, Denmark

Enrique R. Soriano, Argentina

Patrick Souverein, The Netherlands

Rosangela Spiga, Italy

Julia Spoendlin, USA

Olof Stephansson, Sweden

Michael Stitely, New Zealand

Kayla R. Stover, USA

Sylvia E.K. Sudat, USA

Janet Sultana, Italy

Carlos A. Tagliati, Brazil

Yoshinori Takeuchi, Japan

Michael V. Tatley, New Zealand

Peter C. Taylor, UK

Chengwen Teng, USA

Rolf Teschke, Germany

Gita Thanarajasingam, USA

Nicolas H. Thurin, France

Thierry Trenque, France

Claudia Valenzuela, Spain

Jan van Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Lionel Van Holle, Belgium

Florence van Hunsel, The Netherlands

Marije van Melle, UK

John van Stekelenborg, USA

François W.D. Venter, South Africa

Katia Verhamme, The Netherlands

L.E. Visser, The Netherlands

Andy H. Vo, USA

Viktor von Wyl, Switzerland

Suzanne Vosburg, USA

Izyan A. Wahab, Malaysia

Rika Wakao, Japan

Alexander M. Walker, USA

Susanna M. Wallerstedt, Sweden

Elaine K. Walsh, Ireland

Fusheng Wang, USA

Michelle Wang, USA

Shirley Wang, USA

Lucas D. Ward, USA

Sarah Watson, Sweden

Kara D. Weatherman, USA

Wei-Qi Wei, USA

Emmanuel Weiss, France

Almut G. Winterstein, USA

Grace L.H. Wong, Hong Kong

Thasia G. Woodworth, USA

Raymond L. Woosley, USA

Yonghui Wu, USA

Kunihiro Yamaoka, Japan

Srikanth Yandrapalli, USA

Laura M. Yates, South Africa

Xiaoxv Yin, China

Zhijun Yin, USA

Satoshi Yokoyama, Japan

Seng Chan You, Republic of Korea

Rebecca M. Zash, USA

Xian Zhou, Australia

Yitian Zhou, Sweden

Focke Ziemssen, Germany

I am also very grateful to all members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board (listed below), who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes.

G. Caleb Alexander, USA

Laurent Azoulay, Canada

Joanne Barnes, New Zealand

David W. Bates, USA

Frank M.C. Besag, UK

Nicholas Buckley, Australia

Nabarun Dasgupta, USA

Ric O. Day, Australia

Fabrizio De Ponti, Italy

Alexander N. O. Dodoo, Ghana

I. Ralph Edwards, Sweden

Antonie C. G. Egberts, The Netherlands

Stephen J.W. Evans, UK

Adolfo Figueiras, Spain

Joshua Gagne, USA

Stephen A. Goldman, USA

Staffan Hägg, Sweden

Kenneth Y. Hartigan-Go, Philippines

Laurence Howes, Australia

David Hunt, UK

Susan Jick, USA

Stephan Krähenbühl, Switzerland

Kiyoshi Kubota, Japan

Joan-Ramon Laporte, Spain

Deborah Layton, UK

Hervé Le Louet, France

James H. Lewis, USA

Marie Lindquist, Sweden

Yoon K. Loke, UK

Christopher R. Meier, Switzerland

Ronald Meijboom, The Netherlands

Peter G.M. Mol, The Netherlands

Jean-Louis Montastruc, France

Nichoals Moore, France

G. Niklas Norén, Sweden

Munir Pirmohamed, UK

Ruth L. Savage, New Zealand

Nigam Shah, USA

Rashmini R. Shah, UK

Saad Shakir, UK

Neil Shear, Canada

Olav Spigset, Norway

Nicholas P. Tatonetti, USA

Gianluca Trifirò, Italy

Marco Tuccori, Italy

Eugene P. van Puijenbroek, The Netherlands

Ian C.K. Wong, UK

Li Zhang, China

The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of rapid and wide dissemination of high-quality information. Springer Nature is supporting the global response to COVID-19 by making all relevant content immediately and freely available. Indeed, Drug Safety has published a number of papers relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic that are free to access.

The high quality of the content published in Drug Safety has been reflected in the most recent impact factor of 3.442, placing the journal in Q1 of Public, Environmental & Occupational Health category and in Q2 of Pharmacology & Pharmacy and Toxicology categories. Drug Safety has published content in a timely manner, with an average time from submission to first decision of 15 days.

We do hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in Drug Safety to be interesting and informative. The editorial schedule for 2021 is well under way, and we are looking forward to bringing you many high-quality and authoritative articles over the coming year. I thank you for your continued support.

With best wishes,

Nitin Joshi

Editor-in-Chief, Drug Safety