Acknowledgement to Referees

Dear Reader,

As we reach the final issue of Drugs & Therapy Perspectives 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 Drugs & Therapy Perspectives. Over 90 articles have been published; the most popular of these, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink, have been:

• Stability of medicines after repackaging into multicompartment compliance aids: eight criteria for detection of visual alteration. Valerie Albert, Michael Lanz, Georgios Imanidis, Kurt E. Hersberger, Isabelle Arnet [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0431-9]

• Overcoming barriers to medication adherence in bipolar disorder: a review of the role of psychosocial and medication-related interventions. Adis Medical Writers [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0382-1]

• Fluticasone furoate/vilanterol dry-powder inhaler in asthma: a guide to its use in the EU. Emma D. Deeks, Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson, Yahiya Y. Syed [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0392-z]

• Tafamidis in transthyretin amyloidosis: a guide to its use in delaying peripheral neurological impairment in patients with stage 1 polyneuropathy. Kate McKeage, Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson, Lesley J. Scott [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-016-0368-4]

• Vaxelis® (DTaP5-HB-IPV-Hib vaccine) as primary and booster vaccination in infants and toddlers: a profile of its use. Gillian M. Keating, Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson, Yahiya Y. Syed [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0400-3]

• Lactulose: a prebiotic, laxative and detoxifying agent. Dhiren Pranami, Ramandeep Sharma, Hardik Pathak [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0384-z]

• Laxatives, targeted therapy and lubiprostone are options when individualizing treatment for opioid-induced constipation in the elderly. Adis Medical Writers [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0389-7]

• Trifluridine/tipiracil in metastatic colorectal cancer: a guide to its use. Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson, Celeste B. Burness, Sean T. Duggan [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0385-y]

• Kyleena™ (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) in contraception: a profile of its use. Kate McKeage, Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0395-9]

• Extrafine beclometasone dipropionate/formoterol fumarate metered-dose and dry-powder inhalers in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a profile of their use. Sohita Dhillon [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-017-0397-7]

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, this 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 Drugs & Therapy Perspectives 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 Drugs & Therapy Perspectives in the last 12 months:

Darrell R. Abernethy, USA

Timothy E. Albertson, USA

Mohamed Alboraie, Egypt

Natasha Ali, Pakistan

Emilie Alirol, Switzerland

Samuel Allemann, Switzerland

Barbara Almeida, Portugal

Yousef A. Alomi, Saudi Arabia

Sabina A. Antoniu, Romania

Dan Apter, Finland

André R. T. S. Araujo, Portugal

Francisco Araujo, Spain

Paula Arrabal-Durán, Spain

Antonio Ascione, Italy

Luis Bahamondes, Brazil

Lothar Bergmann, Germany

Susanne Bethge, Germany

Susmito Biswas, UK

Sabine D. Brookman-May, Germany

Kai Bühling, Germany

Adam Castano, USA

Margarida Castel-Branco, Portugal

Natalie Cebotarenco, Moldova

David Cella, USA

Huan-Keat Chan, Malaysia

Shao-Ping Chang, Taiwan

Ekaterini Chatzaki, Greece

Jing Chen, China

Surarong Chinwong, Thailand

Saima Chohan, USA

Joseph Ciccolini, France

Andrew L. Clark, UK

Barbara Claus, Belgium

Ramon L. Corbalan, Chile

Rui Cruz, Portugal

Olivia Dalleur, Belgium

A. D. Dayan, UK

José Carlos de Lima-Júnior, Brazil

Fabrizio De Ponti, Italy

Sylvia Dermout, The Netherlands

Georges Deschênes, France

Ros Dowse, South Africa

Geneviéve Durrieu, France

Daniel Dürschmied, Germany

Aygin Ekinciouglu, Turkey

Hanaa El-Karaksy, Egypt

Ibrahim Elsayed, Egypt

Ahmet Emre Eskazan, Turkey

Luis R. Espinoza, USA

Touraj Farazmandfer, Iran

Bryony Dean Franklin, UK

Rugül Köse Çinar, Turkey

Maria Teresa Ferreira Herdeiro, Portugal

Yu Fang, China

Richard G. Fiscella, USA

Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal

Alan A. Fujii, USA

Gabriel Rodrigues Martins de Freitas, Brazil

Giovanni Gabutti, Italy

Moises García-Arencibia, Spain

Miren Garcia-Cortes, Spain

Nikolaos Gatselis, Greece

Ulrika Gillespie, Sweden

Christian Gisselbrecht, France

David Y. Graham, USA

Edward Griffiths, UK

Robert C. Griggs, USA

Mara Guerreiro, Portugal

Martina Hahn, Germany

Yoshiyuki Hamamoto, Japan

Craig T. Hartrick, USA

Stuart Hartshorn, UK

Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Malaysia

Renee Heffron, USA

Oskari Heikinheimo, Finland

Ruben G. F. Hendriksen, The Netherlands

John Jairo Hernandez, Columbia

Giancarlo Iarossi, Italy

Louisa Ibanez, Spain

Giancarlo Icardi, Italy

Demetris Ioannides, Greece

Namiki Izumi, Japan

Rob Janknegt, The Netherlands

Narumol Jarernsiripornkul, Thailand

Ignacio Jáuregui, Spain

Kurt Jellinger, Austria

Terry E. Jones, Australia

Nisarg Joshi, India

Pardeep S. Jhund, UK

Gail Judd, Canada

Amir V. Kaisary, UK

Frank Kanniess, Germany

Tarkan Karakan, Turkey

Nadirk Kheir, Qatar

Kee-sik Kim, Republic of Korea

Yoichiro Kino, Japan

Klaus Jochen Klose, Germany

Aydos Konkayev, Kazakhstan

Anthony L. Kovac, USA

Hannelore Kreckel, Germany

Natalia Krzyzaniak, Australia

Aditya Singh Kutiyal, India

Gert Laekeman, Belgium

Alessandro Laudani, Italy

Michel Le Duff, France

Inês Leal, Portugal

Edward C. W. Leung, Canada

Xin Li, China

Joao Lima, Portugal

Jiangtao Lin, China

José Lopes, Portugal

Wen Wee Ma, USA

Louise Mallet, Canada

Param Mariappan, UK

Ana Paula Martins, Portugal

Sheena McCormack, UK

Barbara McKenzie, UK

Jacqueline Mclennan, UK

Tadja Miharija-Gala, Slovenia

Sanya Mirkov, New Zealand

Richard L. Momparler, Canada

Manuel Morgado, Portugal

Claire Morley, Australia

David Mottram, UK

Fadime Mutlu Icduygu, Turkey

Günter Niegisch, Germany

Ivana Nikolic, Serbia

Suzanne Nielsen, Australia

Emina Obarcanin, Germany

Gert J. Ossenkoppele, The Netherlands

Kazuhiro Oto, Japan

Daya Ram Parajuli, Australia

Soo-Heon Park, Republic of Korea

Harikrishnan Parthasarathy, UK

Vibhu Paudyal, UK

Heverton Alves Peres, Brazil

Mirko Petrovic, Belgium

Hiren Kanubhai Prajapati, India

Yash Prashar, India

Branko Radojkovic, Australia

Rangasamy Ramanathan, USA

Amit D. Raval, USA

Martina Ravnikar, Slovenia

Humberto Reinoso, USA

Heike Röckmann, The Netherlands

Leàn Rolfes, The Netherlands

Benjamin Rolland, France

Fatima Roque, Portugal

Bernard Royer, France

Richard M. Ruddy, USA

Richard Saad, USA

Kazutaka Saito, Japan

Sujit Vijay Sakpal, USA

Sandeep Saluja, India

Valeria Santini, Italy

Luis Sargento, Portugal

Maria C. Savastano, Italy

Moritz Schanz, Germany

Rima Bharatbhai Shah, India

Sanford M. Silverman, USA

Olga Simionescu, Romania

Caroline Sirois, Canada

Ozge Uysal Soyer, Turkey

Secil Soylu, Turkey

Kannan Sridharan, India

Rudolf E. Stauber, Austria

Catherine Stones, UK

Christopher Stove, Belgium

Tiffany Suragh, USA

Kristian Svendsen, Norway

Ali Murat Tatli, Turkey

Antonio Tello-Montoliu, Spain

Hale Zerrin Toklu, USA

Omer Toprak, Turkey

Antonio Tursi, Italy

Krishna Undela, India

Alessio Valente, Italy

Mara Myrthe van Beusekom, The Netherlands

Job F.M. van Boven, The Netherlands

Lut Van Damme, USA

Saiprakash Venkateshiah, USA

Kirsten K. Viktil, Norway

Francisco Vílchez-Márquez, Spain

Marcia Waddington Cruz, Brazil

Roshawn G. Watson, USA

Daniel W. Wheeler, UK

Astrid Wiens, Brazil

Kai Zhen Yap, Singapore

Nazia Yasmeen, India

Kun-Huei Yeh, Taiwan

Alberto Zaniboni, Italy

Focke Ziemssen, Germany

In addition, we would like to thank the members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board, who have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes:

Darrell R. Abernethy, Silver Spring, MD, USA

Christopher P. Alderman, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Yusef A. Alomi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Francisco Araujo, Seville, Spain

Mohamed Baraka, Damman, Saudi Arabia

Gabriele Bianchi Porro, Milan, Italy

Margarida Caramona, Coimbra, Portugal

Margarida Castel-Branco, Coimbra, Portugal

Natalie Cebotarenco, Chişinău, Moldova

Surarong Chinwong, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Barbara Claus, Ghent, Belgium

Richard O. Day, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Aygin Ekincioglu, Ankara, Turkey

Isabel Vitoria Figueiredo, Coimbra, Portugal

William H. Frishman, Valhalla, NY, USA

David J. Greenblatt, Boston, MA, USA

Mara Guerreiro, Lisbon, Portugal

Martina Hahn, Eltville, Germany

Rob Janknegt, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands

Gail Judd, London, ON, Canada

Hannelore Kreckel, Giessen, Germany

Gert Laekeman, Leuven, Belgium

Michel Le Duff, Rennes, France

Micha Levy, Jerusalem, Israel

Howard I. Maibach, San Francisco, CA, USA

Petra Matoulková, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Audrey McAnaw, Dundee, Scotland

Tadja Miharija-Gala, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Sanja Mirkov, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Emina Obarcanin, Düsseldorf, Germany

Gurumurthi Parthasarathi, Mysore, India

Sandeep Saluja, Agra, India

Jerome Schentag, Buffalo, NY, USA

Rima Bharatbhai Shah, India

Kirsten K. Viktil, Oslo, Norway

We do hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in Drugs & Therapy Perspectives 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, from Katherine Lyseng-Williamson.