Drugs Ther Perspect (2017) 33:551–554 DOI 10.1007/s40267-017-0452-4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO REFEREES
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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: •
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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/s40267-0170431-9] 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/s40267-0170382-1] 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/s40267-0170392-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
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[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40267-0160368-4] 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/s40267-0170384-z] Laxatives, targeted therapy and lubiprostone are options when individualizing treatment for opioidinduced 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] KyleenaTM (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
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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 Andre´ R. T. S. Araujo, Portugal Francisco Araujo, Spain Paula Arrabal-Dura´n, Spain Antonio Ascione, Italy Luis Bahamondes, Brazil Lothar Bergmann, Germany Susanne Bethge, Germany Susmito Biswas, UK Sabine D. Brookman-May, Germany Kai Bu¨hling, 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 Jose´ Carlos de Lima-Ju´nior, Brazil Fabrizio De Ponti, Italy Sylvia Dermout, The Netherlands Georges Descheˆnes, France Ros Dowse, South Africa Genevie´ve Durrieu, France Daniel Du¨rschmied, 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 Rugu¨l Ko¨se C ¸ inar, 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 Garcı´a-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 Ja´uregui, Spain Kurt Jellinger, Austria Terry E. Jones, Australia
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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 Ineˆs Leal, Portugal Edward C. W. Leung, Canada Xin Li, China Joao Lima, Portugal Jiangtao Lin, China Jose´ 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 Gu¨nter 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 Ro¨ckmann, The Netherlands Lea`n 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 Vı´lchez-Ma´rquez, 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
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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, Chis¸ ina˘u, 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 Matoulkova´, Hradec Kra´love´, Czech Republic Audrey McAnaw, Dundee, Scotland Tadja Miharija-Gala, Ljubljana, Slovenia Sanja Mirkov, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Emina Obarcanin, Du¨sseldorf, 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.
