Acknowledgement to referees

Dear Reader,

As we reach the final issue of Drugs & Therapy Perspectives for 2019, 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.

2019 was a successful year for Drugs & Therapy Perspectives, with close to 100 articles being published in the 12 issues of volume 35. We thank the authors who have contributed articles to Drugs & Therapy Perspectives over the course of 2019. The skill and dedication of all authors are critical to the continued publication of the journal.

The following are some of the most popular submitted articles, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink, published in volume 35 (2019) of Drugs & Therapy Perspectives:

• Management and evaluation of treatment adherence and effectiveness in chronic venous disorders: results of the international study VEIN Act Program. Vadim Bogachev, José Manuel Jiménez Arribas, Sorin Baila, Jorge Ulloa Dominguez, Johannes Walter, Dale Maharaj, Andres Marin. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-018-0571-6

• Increasing lithium concentration despite extracorporeal extracorporeal treatment: a case report. Elise J. Smolders, Pleun S. van Egmond, Joan Doornebal, Harry Naber, Peter G. J. ter Horst, Sabine H. A. Diepeveen. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-019-00624-w

• Understanding system-focused barriers to the identification and reporting of medication errors and adverse drug events in emergency medical services. Ian Howard, Nicholas Castle, Loua Al Shaikh, Ameena Jesaimani, Robert Owen. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-019-00628-6

• Tamsulosin in urology: beyond benign prostatic hyperplasia. G. Laxman Prabhu, Hiren Prajapati, Alok Chataurvedi, Nilanj Dave, Amit B. Jain. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-019-00611-1

• Utilization, availability of analgesics and quality of pain control for post-operative pain in surgical patients. Ya Min, Thida Tun, Ye Htut Linn, Nu Nu Aye, Nang Hla Hla Win. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-018-0582-3

Adis Drug Q &A and Adis Device Q &A reviews, which are written by employees of Adis International Ltd./Springer Nature as part of the Adis Drug Review programme, were also very popular, including the following published in 2019:

• Carglumic acid in hyperammonaemia due to organic acidurias: a profile of its use in the EU. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-018-00595-4

• Midazolam oral solution (Oxalin^®): a profile of its use for procedural sedation or premedication before anaesthesia in children. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-019-00629-5

• K-haler^® breath-triggered inhaler: a profile of the properties of the device. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-019-00635-7

• Ivosidenib in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia: a profile of its use in the USA. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-019-00610-2

• Caplacizumab in acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura: a profile of its use. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-019-00632-w

The significant effort and commitment of peer reviewers is vital in maintaining the quality of the content of Drugs & Therapy Perspectives. We would like to thank the following individuals who acted as reviewers for Drugs & Therapy Perspectives during the last 12 months:

Abdullah Al Hamid, UK

Md. Jahangir Alam, Bangladesh

Aeshah AlAzmi, Saudi Arabia

Timothy E. Albertson, USA

Natasha Ali, Pakistan

H.M. Alkuraishy, Iraq

Yousef A. Alomi, Saudi Arabia

Jack E. Ansell, USA

Pier Luigi Antignani, Italy

Alessandro Antonelli, Italy

Sabina A. Antoniu, Romania

André R.T.S. Araujo, Portugal

Francisco Araujo, Spain

Stefan Arver, Sweden

Antonio Ascione, Italy

Azad Azadian, Islamic Republic of Iran

Stephen C. Bain, UK

Mohamed Baraka, Saudi Arabia

Charles F. Barish, USA

J. Francis Borgio, Saudi Arabia

Piotr K. Borkowski, Poland

Jaden Brandt, Canada

Jonathan Burdon, Australia

Flavio Cadegiani, Brazil

Rocco Cappellesso, Italy

Simone Cappelletti, Italy

Claudia Carcamo, Chile

Margarida Castel-Branco, Portugal

Natalie Cebotarenco, Republic of Moldova

Anupam Chakrapani, UK

Leanne Chalmers, Australia

Kenneth R. Chapman, Canada

Surarong Chinwong, Thailand

Arrigo F.G. Cicero, Italy

Theodore J. Cios, USA

William W.F. Clark, Canada

Marcilio S.S. Cuhna-Filho, Brazil

Jan de Hoon, Belgium

Javier de la Rubia, Spain

Pradeep Devarapalli, India

Raouia Dhouibi, Tunisia

Hans-Christoph Diener, Germany

George D. Dimitriadis, Greece

Gregory Duncan, Australia

Hervé Dupont, France

Shereen Elazzazy, Qatar

Al Elbur, UK

Steven R. Feldman, USA

Simone Ferrero, Italy

Kohei Fujita, Japan

V.G.R. Gangireddy, USA

Bogdan Geavlete, Romania

Evangelos Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Greece

Linda C. Giudice, USA

Bradley Grant, USA

Clara Green, UK

Mara Guerreiro, Portugal

David Hachey, Namibia

Martina Hahn, Germany

Katherine A. Hammer, Australia

Lucinda A. Harris, USA

Syed Shahzad Hasan, UK

Abdul Haseeb, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Malaysia

John Haughney, UK

Satisha Hegde, India

Raquel Herrera Comoglio, Argentina

Bruce P.J. Hugman, Thailand

Demetris Ioannides, Greece

Abubakar M. Isa, Nigeria

Jun Iwamoto, Japan

Channa N. Jayasena, UK

John Kanyi, Kenya

Nejdet Karsiyakali, Turkey

Siegfried Kasper, Austria

Edward M. Kerwin, USA

Tejas Khakhkhar, India

Paul Knoebl, Austria

Chrysovalantis Korfitis, Greece

Rugül Köse Çinar, Turkey

Hannelore Kreckel, Germany

Hans-Joachim Kremer, Germany

G. Laekeman, Leuven, Belgium

Friederike Laidig, Germany

Jong Wook Lee, Republic of Korea

Theresa Leung, Hong Kong

Minghui Li, USA

Ye Htut Linn, Myanmar

Wen-Shyong Liou, Taiwan, Republic of China

Gabriella Liszkay, Hungary

Chen S. Liu, China

Kirill Lobastov, The Russian Federation

Yves N. Lula, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Howard I. Maibach, USA

Imran Manji, Kenya

Gabriel Mannis, USA

Frédéric Marçon, France

Maria A.P. Martins, Brazil

Omid Mehrpour, Islamic Republic of Iran

Anders Mellemgaard, Denmark

Gamith Mendis, Sri Lanka

Patrick Meybohm, Germany

Alice Mims, USA

Sanja Mirkov, Australia

Arshag D. Mooradian, USA

Manuel A.N.V.P. Morgado, Portugal

Mona Mostaghim, Australia

Khin Mar Myint, Myanmar

Nadia Najafi, Belgium

Keliana O’Mara, USA

Kazeem A. Oshikoya, Nigeria

Dwight Owen, USA

Paul Pagel, USA

Harikrishnan Parthasarathy, India

Valentina Petkova, Bulgaria

Maria Petrosyan, The Russian Federation

Natasha N. Pettit, USA

Yash Prashar, India

Ivan Puljiz, Croatia

Hana Rac, USA

Muhasaparur G. Rajanandh, India

Muhammed Rashid, India

Nancy S. Reau, USA

L. Rice, USA

Caroline Robert, France

Leonardo Roever, Brazil

Florjana Rustemi, Albania

Sheila Ryder, Ireland

Kourosh Sadeghi, Islamic Republic of Iran

Afshin Sadighha, Islamic Republic of Iran

Naresh Sah, India

Sandeep Saluja, India

Gabriele Sani, Italy

F. Santini, Italy

John Saunders, USA

Cristina Scarpazza, Italy

Eugene R. Schiff, USA

Sebastian Schnaubelt, Austria

Amit M. Shah, India

Rima B. Shah, India

Avantika Singh, USA

Caroline Sirois, Canada

Galia Spectre, Israel

Brian Spoelhof, USA

Amit K. Srivastava, India

Judith D. Steinberg, Argentina

Robert A. Stockley, UK

Zvi Teitelbaum, Israel

Els Torreele, Switzerland

Rakshamani Tripathi, USA

Ugyen Tshering, Bhutan

Themistoklis Tzotzas, Greece

Amman Ullah, Pakistan

Jorge H. Ulloa, Colombia

Régis Vaillancourt, Canada

Willy Marcos Valencia, USA

Job F.M. van Boven, the Netherlands

Pasitpon Vatcharavongvan, Thailand

Kirsten K. Viktil, Norway

Francisco Vílchez-Márquez, Spain

Maria Vittinghoff, Austria

Mia Von Euler, Sweden

Ming-Shyan Wang, Taiwan, Republic of China

B.B. Weksler, USA

Richard A. Wells, Canada

Joshua Wiegel, USA

Andrew Winokur, USA

Antoinette Wozniak, USA

Tien-Yuan Wu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Alphienes S. Xavier, India

Kai Zhen Yap, Singapore

Sufin Yap, UK

Angela Yen Moore, USA

Yıldıray Yeniay, Turkey

Ichiro Yoshii, Japan

Hsiangkuo Yuan, USA

Kai Zacharowski, Germany

Iman Zaghloul, USA

Nasim Zamani, Islamic Republic of Iran

Romana Zelko, Hungary

Chao Zhang, China

William S. Zirker, USA

We would also like to thank the journal’s Honorary International Editorial Board for providing guidance on journal content, policy and processes. Members of the 2019 Editorial Board included:

C.P. Alderman, Adelaide, SA, Australia

A.M. Al Hamid, Birmingham, England

Y. A. Alomi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

S.A. Antoniu, Iaşi, Romania

A.R.T.S. Araujo, Guarda, Portugual

F. Araujo, Seville, Spain

A. Ascione, Naples, Italy

M. Baraka, Damman, Saudi Arabia

M. Caramona, Coimbra, Portugal

M. Castel-Branco, Coimbra, Portugal

N. Cebotarenco, Chişinău, Moldova

S. Chinwong, Chiang Mai, Thailand

B. Claus, Ghent, Belgium

R. O. Day, Sydney, NSW, Australia

A. Ekincioglu, Ankara, Turkey

W.H. Frishman, Valhalla, NY, USA

D.J. Greenblatt, Boston, MA, USA

M. Guerreiro, Lisbon, Portugal

M. Hahn, Eltville, Germany

J.J. Hernandez, Bogota, Columbia

H. Kreckel, Giessen, Germany

G. Laekeman, Leuven, Belgium

C. Liu, Beijing, China

H.I. Maibach, San Francisco, CA, USA

M.A. P. Martins, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

B.E. McKenzie, Aberdeen, Scotland

T. Miharija-Gala, Ljubljana, Slovenia

S.Mirkov, Melbourne, Australia

E. Obarcanin, Düsseldorf, Germany

G. Parthasarathi, Mysore, India

H. Parthasarathy, Chennai, India

M.A.N.V. Passos Morgado, Covilhã, Portugal

S. Saluja, Agra, India

R.B. Shah, Gujarat, India

C. Sirois, Quebec City, QC, Canada

K.K. Viktil, Oslo, Norway

F. Vilchez-Márquez, Guadix, Spain

M.S. Wang, New Taipei City,Taiwan

Finally, we would like to welcome the following individuals who recently joined the Editorial Board:

P.M. Cutroneo, Messina, Italy

R. Herrera Comoglio, Córdoba, Argentina

J. Jose, Nizwa, Oman

T. Trenque, Reims, France

We hope that the articles published in Drugs & Therapy Perspectives in 2019 were interesting, informative and useful. The editorial schedule for 2020 is well under way, and we are looking forward to providing high-quality articles over the coming year.

With best wishes,

Katherine A. Lyseng-Williamson

Editor Drugs & Therapy Perspectives