Dear Reader,

Welcome to the final issue of Drug Safety for 2022.

I wish to reflect on this year’s achievements, and to thank all those who have contributed their time and effort to guarantee the quality of the content published in the journal.

I would like to start by thanking the authors of the articles published in Drug Safety over the course of 2022. 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 high quality of content published in Drug Safety has been reflected in the most recent Journal Impact Factor of 5.228 (placing the journal in the first quartile of the Pharmacology & Pharmacy and Toxicology categories) and CiteScore™ of 8.3 (placing the journal in the first quartile of the Pharmacology and Toxicology categories). In 2021, more than 580,000 full-text articles were downloaded. Further, Drug Safety has published content in a timely manner, with a median time from submission to first decision of 13 days.

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:

Juan José Abellán Andrés, The Netherlands

Ismaïl Ahmed, France

S. Faisal Ahmed, UK

Wajd Alkabbani, Canada

Karel Allegaert, Belgium

Thamir M. Alshammari, Saudi Arabia

Ghadah H. Alshehri, Saudi Arabia

Susan E. Andrade, USA

Pei San Ang, Singapore

Heather Angus-Leppan, UK

Mickael Arnaud, France

Michael Auerbach, USA

Mark Avigan, USA

Jane P.F. Bai, USA

Paolo Baldo, Italy

Juan M. Banda, USA

Yves Barmaz, Switzerland

Vera Battini, Italy

Maya Beganovic, USA

Marc L. Berger, USA

Lori J. Bernstein, Canada

Julien Bezin, France

Morgan Bharadia, Canada

Jiang Bian, USA

Stella Blackburn, UK

Dan V. Blalock, USA

Ingrid Böhm, Switzerland

John Joseph Borg, Malta

Taxiarchis Botsis, USA

Richard D. Boyce, USA

Ian W. Boyd, Australia

Axel Brandes, Denmark

Eva Brandl, Germany

Susan B. Brogly, Canada

Rose Cairns, Australia

Gianmario Candore, UK

David Carrell, USA

Alfonso Carvajal, Spain

Kiran Chaudhari, USA

Teng-Chou Chen, UK

Imti Choonara, UK

Sue A. Costa Clemens, UK

Anthony R. Cox, UK

Patricia K. Coyle, USA

Ineke Crijns, The Netherlands

Paola M. Cutroneo, Italy

Dingwei Dai, USA

Matthew Davenport, USA

Mellar Davis, USA

Sameen Desai, USA

Qian Ding, USA

Son Doan, USA

Charles Dolladille, France

Karen B. Domino, USA

Sreemanee Raaj Dorajoo, Singapore

Geneviève Durrieu, France

Rachel Eakley, USA

Brian D. Edwards, UK

Barbara Ehrlich, USA

Efe Eworuke, USA

Andreea Farcas, Romania

Giuseppe Fasolino, Belgium

Seena Fazel, UK

Michael Feher, UK

Robin E. Ferner, UK

Carmen Ferrajolo, Italy

Daniel Fife, USA

Alexander Flannery, USA

Reidar Fossmark, Norway

Yohann Foucher, France

Reynold D.C. Francisca, The Netherlands

Frederick T.W. Fraunfelder, USA

Sara Garfield, UK

Daniel Gartner, UK

Chiara Gastaldon, Italy

Peter Gates, Australia

Lucie M. Gattepaille, Sweden

David Gerrett, UK

Matthias Gijsen, Belgium

Alicia Gilsenan, USA

Thomas Goedecke, The Netherlands

Fernando Gomez-Peralta, Spain

Birgitta Grundmark, Sweden

Sinem Ezgi Gulmez, Turkey

Shruti Gupta, USA

Gillian C. Hall, UK

Jesper Hallas, Denmark

Tarek A. Hammad, USA

Sebastien Haneuse, USA

K.S. Hareesha, India

Masayoshi Harigai, Japan

Lamiece Hassan, UK

Craig W. Heise, USA

Linda C. Hendriksen, The Netherlands

Robert Hermann, Germany

Adrian Hire, UK

Harry Hochheiser, USA

Corinne M. Hohl, Canada

Sung-Tae Hong, Republic of Korea

Stephanie A. Irving, USA

Chieko Ishiguro, Japan

Masao Iwagami, Japan

Lauren L. Jantzie, USA

Narumol Jarernsiripornkul, Thailand

Hendree Jones, USA

Juhaeri Juhaeri, USA

Sandra L. Kane-Gill, USA

Eun Ha Kang, Republic of Korea

Agnes Kant, The Netherlands

Sigal Kaplan, Israel

Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Canada

Agnes S. Kim, USA

Eric Kirkendall, USA

Ty H. Kiser, USA

Roger Knaggs, UK

Kiyoshi Kubota, Japan

Jayashri Kulkarni, Australia

Tamar Lasky, USA

Elena Lazzeri, Italy

Eva K. Lee, USA

Jenneke Leentjens, The Netherlands

Marco V. Lenti, Italy

Rupert Leong, Australia

Barry M. Lester, USA

David J. Lewis, Germany

Joel Lexchin, Canada

Raymond Li, Australia

Elisangela da Costa Lima, Brazil

Junjing Lin, USA

Wen-Yang Lin, Taiwan, Republic of China

Rickard Ljung, Sweden

David T.W. Lui, Hong Kong, China

Malcolm Maclure, Canada

Francois Maignen, UK

Babita Majhi, India

Michael Makris, UK

Marek Malik, UK

Katrin Manlik, Germany

Ishak A. Mansi, USA

Raffaele Marfella, Italy

Marianthi Markatou, USA

Judith C. Maro, USA

Simon Maskell, UK

Elie Matar, Australia

Ann W. McMahon, USA

Christopher McMaster, Australia

Hemalkumar B. Mehta, USA

Ushma Mehta, South Africa

Eva-Lisa Meldau, Sweden

Hirohito Metoki, Japan

Todd A. Miano, USA

Jae Sun Min, USA

Barbara Mintzes, Australia

Eva Montane, Spain

Daniel Morales, UK

Ugo Moretti, Italy

Pedro L. Moro, USA

Domenico Motola, Italy

Tan Kit Mun, Malaysia

Monica A. Muñoz, USA

Tsuyoshi Murata, Japan

Shereen Nabhani-Gebara, UK

Mamoru Narukawa, Japan

Pantelis Natsiavas, Greece

Scott D. Nelson, USA

Victoria Newbould, UK

Prasad S. Nishtala, UK

Yoshihiro Noguchi, Japan

Seth O’Neal, USA

Sten Olsson, Sweden

Vicki Osborne, UK

David Pace, Malta

Alexandra C. Pacurariu, UK

Shanthi Pal, Switzerland

Dimitris Papanikolaou, USA

Ryan Paquin, USA

Antoine Pariente, France

Dimitrios Patoulias, Greece

Vibhu Paudyal, UK

Laura Pazzagli, Sweden

Ana V. Pejčić, Serbia

Justine Perino, France

Helen Petousis-Harris, New Zealand

Alberto Picca, France

Aimee Pickering, USA

Robert W. Platt, Canada

Elisabetta Poluzzi, Italy

Paolo Polzella, UK

Krit Pongpirul, Thailand

Steven Porter, USA

Emanuel Raschi, Italy

Wipharak Rattanavipanon, Thailand

Raj Ratwani, USA

Alexis Revet, France

Bruno Revol, France

Philip Robinson, Australia

Elena Rocca, Norway

Leàn Rolfes, The Netherlands

Elizabeth Roughead, Australia

Ana Ruigomez, Spain

Dhakrit Rungkitwattanakul, USA

Mulugeta Russom, Eritrea

Maria Esther V. Salgueiro, Spain

Malik Sallam, Jordan

Francesco Salvo, France

Emilio J. Sanz, Spain

Semra Şardaş, Turkey

Daisaku Sato, Japan

Marc H. Scheetz, USA

Jean-Michel Scherrmann, France

Sven Schmiedl, Germany

Robert Schuck, USA

David L. Scott, UK

Alex Secora, USA

Joshua M. Sharfstein, USA

Xu Shi, USA

Spyridon Siafis, Germany

Ian J. Simpson, New Zealand

Susan M. Sinclair, USA

Sonal Singh, USA

Sandra Sirrs, Canada

Jim Slattery, UK

Grzegorz Sławiński, Poland

Brian Smith, USA

Joshua C. Smith, USA

Meredith Y. Smith, USA

Rachel E. Sobel, USA

Patrick Souverein, The Netherlands

Sushama Kattinakere Sreedhara, USA

Pasquale Stefanizzi, Italy

Stephane Steurbaut, Belgium

Danijela Stojanovic, USA

Andrew A. Stolz, USA

Loreen Straub, USA

Adam Sutherland, UK

Aaron L. Sverdlov, Australia

Suzanne Tamang, USA

Edwin C.K. Tan, Australia

Paul Tarnasky, USA

Michael V. Tatley, New Zealand

Chengwen Teng, USA

Rolf Teschke, Germany

Sandra Thiel, Germany

Paul D. Thompson, USA

Gita A. Toyserkani, USA

Thierry Trenque, France

Nhung Trinh, Norway

Gary Tse, China

Pascale Tubert-Bitter, France

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

Rolina D. van Gaalen, The Netherlands

Florence van Hunsel, The Netherlands

Jette A. van Lint, The Netherlands

Katia Verhamme, The Netherlands

Rodolfo Villena, Chile

Maria Vittinghoff, Austria

Erica Voss, USA

Scott M. Vouri, USA

Rika Wakao, Japan

Jia-bo Wang, China

Shirley Wang, USA

Paul B. Watkins, USA

Yonas Weldeselassie, UK

Rebecca J. Williams, USA

Ross D. Williams, The Netherlands

Antoni Wisniewski, UK

Angel Wong, UK

Jenna Wong, USA

Richard D. Wyss, USA

Yi-Hsin Yang, Taiwan, Republic of China

Kevin Yau, Canada

Satoshi Yokoyama, Japan

Kenta Yoshida, USA

Qun-Ying Yue, Sweden

René Zeiss, Germany

Tao Zhang, USA

Yiqing Zhao, USA

Esther H. Zhou, USA

Zeyun Zhou, USA

Yanmin Zhu, USA

Heinz Zoller, Austria

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

Giuseppe Andò, Italy

Laurent Azoulay, Canada

Joanne Barnes, New Zealand

Andrew Bate, UK

David W. Bates, USA

Frank M.C. Besag, UK

Subhrojyoti Bhowmick, India

Einar S. Björnsson, Iceland

Benjamin D. Bray, 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

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

Joan-Ramon Laporte, Spain

Deborah Layton, UK

Hervé Le Louet, Sweden

James H. Lewis, USA

David F.L. Liew, Australia

Marie Lindquist, Sweden

Yoon K. Loke, UK

Yuan Luo, USA

Christopher R. Meier, Switzerland

Ronald Meijboom, The Netherlands

Peter G.M. Mol, The Netherlands

Jean-Louis Montastruc, France

Nicholas 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

Janet Sultana, Malta

Nicholas P. Tatonetti, USA

Gianluca Trifirò, Italy

Marco Tuccori, Italy

Eugene P. van Puijenbroek, The Netherlands

Ian C.K. Wong, UK

Li Zhang, China

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 2023 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,

Nitin Joshi

Editor-in-Chief, Drug Safety