Dear Reader,


Welcome to the final issue of Drugs & Therapy Perspectives for 2022.


As we reach the end of another successful year, we would like to thank all those who have contributed their valuable time and effort to the journal over the past 12 months.


The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to present many challenges and we would like to thank all who have contributed to ensuring the journal has thrived despite the ongoing issues.


We would like to start by thanking the authors of the articles published in Drugs & Therapy Perspectives over the course of 2022. The skill and dedication of these experts is critical to the continued success of the journal.


In 2022, over 70 articles have been published. The most popular of these in terms of downloads from SpringerLink have been:

  • Alfaleh, A., Alkattan, A., Radwan, N. et al. Adverse drug reactions from two COVID-19 vaccines reported in Saudi Arabia. Drugs Ther Perspect 38, 84–92 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40267-022-00893-y

  • Fenton, C., Keam, S.J. Emerging small molecule antivirals may fit neatly into COVID-19 treatment. Drugs Ther Perspect 38, 112–126 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40267-022-00897-8

  • Szkiladz, A., Hegner, S. Evaluation of three barrier-type closed system transfer devices using the 2015 NIOSH vapor containment performance draft protocol. Drugs Ther Perspect 38, 177–184 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40267-022-00905-x

Adis Drug or 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 2022:


The quality of published articles is also testament to the diligence of the peer reviewers. We would like to acknowledge the following individuals who acted as reviewers for Drugs & Therapy Perspectives in the last 12 months:

Dag Aarsland, UK


Heba Abdelkader, Egypt

Sola Adeleke, UK

Niyaz Ahmad, Saudi Arabia

Abolfazl Akbari, Islamic Republic of Iran

A.Deniz Akkaya, Turkey

Juan Pablo Alderuccio, USA

Khalidah Alenzi, Saudi Arabia

Eman A. Alghamdi, Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz Alhazmi, Saudi Arabia

Zainab Ali, Qatar

Abdullah Alismail, USA

Yazed S. Alsowaida, USA

Mohammad Amraee, Islamic Republic of Iran

Kamile Arıkan, Turkey

Carol Armour, Australia

Kurt Ashack, USA

Flora N. Balieva, Norway

Kalyani Barve, India

Kathleen Bennett, Ireland

Uwe Bieri, Switzerland

Jacqueline Birks, UK

Paul A. Bunn, USA

Matthew Burge, Australia

Luca Busetto, Italy

Flavio Cadegiani, Brazil

Michael Camilleri, USA

Anthony M. Casapao, USA

Maria Cerruto, Italy

Shao-Ping Chang, Taiwan, Republic of China

Y. Chen, China

Ann C. Childress, USA

Arrigo F.G. Cicero, Italy

Philip Cohen, USA

Samuele Cortese, UK

Saibal Das, India

Mellar Davis, USA

Francesca De Felice, Italy

Florentina-Silvia F.G. Delli, Greece

Dana DiBenedetti, USA

Hadi Esmaily, Islamic Republic of Iran

Roger Evans, Australia

Justin Faden, USA

Tom Fahey, Ireland

Charlotte Forshay, USA

Brian M. Frier, UK

Jesús Funuyet-Salas, Spain

Silvana Galderisi, Italy

Hamza Garashi, UK

Pere Gascon, Spain

Bilun Gemicioglu, Turkey

Niloofar Ghadamyari, Turkey

Silvia Giovannini, Italy

David Graham, USA

Stephen Grill, USA

Matthew Grissinger, USA

Harm R. Haak, The Netherlands

Swapnil Hiremath, Canada

Alexis E. Horace, USA

Robert H. Howland, USA

Perpetua U. Ibekwe, Nigeria

Ambrose O. Isah, Nigeria

Deidre A. Kelly, UK

Zakir Khan, Turkey

Asmita Priyadarshini Khatiwada, Nepal

Barbara Kiesewetter, Austria

Hiroshi Kitoh, Japan

Haruki Koike, Japan

Dimitra Koumaki, Greece

Lincy Lal, USA

Megan Lam, Canada

Roger D. Lander, USA

Carl J. Lavie, USA

David Liew, Australia

Alisa Likhitsup, USA

Fanxiao Liu, China

Tauqeer H. Mallhi, Saudi Arabia

Jason Margolesky, USA

Tommaso Martino, Italy

Cristiano Matos, Portugal

Daniel Medina Luna, Mexico

Tasneem F. Mohammad, USA

Klaus Mohnike, Germany

Sarah Mousavi, Islamic Republic of Iran

Tinashe Mudzviti, Zimbabwe

Thomas Müller, Germany

Richard Musil, Germany

Mariasanta Napolitano, Italy

Elisa Navarro, USA

Weiyi Ni, USA

Joshua Niznik, USA

Joanna Nowaczyk, Poland

Christophe Orssaud, France

Ranakishor Pelluri, India

Marco Pozzi, Italy

Yash Prashar, India

Jennifer Pruskowski, USA

Olivier Rascol, France

Emily Reeve, Australia

Omar Salamanca, Colombia

Oliver Scherf-Clavel, Germany

Martin Schoen, USA

Leticia Shea, USA

Shatrunajay Shukla, India

Damian Skrypnik, Poland

Meredith Smith, USA

Anshu Srivastava, India

Amit K. Srivastava, India

Thomas P. Stern, USA

Adam Strzelczyk, Germany

Rokeya Sultana, India

Rajesh Tampi, USA

Karina Top, Canada

Jean-Louis Vincent, Belgium

Giuseppe Vita, Italy

Antonio Vitiello, Italy

Sarah E. Vordenberg, USA

Thasia G. Woodworth, USA

Angela Yen Moore, USA

Ichiro Yoshii, Japan

Seyede Raheleh Yousefi, Islamic Republic of Iran

Ismaeel Yunusa, USA

Ge Zhang, Hong Kong, China


We are also very grateful to the members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board, who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes.


Chris Alderman, Adelaide, SA, Australia [Editors Emeriti]

Richard Day, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Editors Emeriti]

William Frishman, Valhalla, NY, USA [Editors Emeriti]

David J. Greenblatt, Boston, MA, USA [Editors Emeriti]

Hannelore Kreckel, Giessen, Germany [Editors Emeriti]

Howard I. Maibach, San Francisco, CA, USA [Editors Emeriti]


Habeeb Ibrahim Abdul Razach, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Al Hamid, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Yousef A. Alomi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sabina A. Antoniu, Iaşi, Romania

André RTS Araujo, Portugal

Francisco Araujo, Sevilla, Spain

Antonio Ascione, Napoi, Italy

Mohamed Baraka, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Margarida Caramona, Coimbra, Portugal

M. Margarida Castel-Branco, Coimbra, Portugal

Natalia Cebotarenco, Chișinău, Moldova

Surarong Chinwong, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Rui Cruz, Coimbra, Portugal

Paola Maria Cutroneo, Messina, Italy

Shereen Elazzazy, Doha, Qatar

Bogdan Geavlete, Bucharest, Romania

David Hachey, Pocatello, ID, USA

Martina Hahn, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Syed Shahzad. Hasan, Australia

Satisha Hegde, Puducherry, India

Raquel Herrera Comoglio, Cordoba, Argentina

Abubakar Musa Isa, Dutse, Nigeria

Jimmy Jose, Nizwa, Oman

Gert Laekeman, Leuven, Belgium

Ye Htut Linn, Yangon, Myanmar

Chen ‘Spring’ Liu, Beijing, China

Imran Manji, Eldoret, Kenya

Maria Auxiliadora P. Martins, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Barbara E. McKenzie, Aberdeen, Scotland

Sanja Mirkov, Auckland, New Zealand

Manuel Morgado, Covilhã, Portugal

Emina Obarcanin, Düsseldorf, Germany

Harikrishnan Parthasarathy, Chennai, India

Florjana Rustemi, Tirane, Albania

Sandeep Saluja, Agra, India

Rima Shah, Rajkot, India

Alok Singh, Raipur, India

Caroline Sirois, Quebec City, QC, Canada

Brian Spoelhof, Charlottesville, VA, USA

Zvi Teitelbaum, Haifa, Israel

Thierry Trenque, Reims, France

Rakshamani Tripathi, Lexington, KY, USA

Kristen K Viktil, Oslo, Norway

Anthony MS. Wang, New Taipei City, Taiwan

William Zirker, Upland, PA, USA


We hope that you have found the articles published throughout 2022 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 Drugs & Therapy Perspectives in 2023.


We thank you for your continued support.


With best wishes,


Young-A Heo and Zaina Al-Salama

Editors Drugs & Therapy Perspectives