Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Pharmaceuticals maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 97 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 24 days and the median time to publication was 47 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:
| Adams, James | Librowski, Tadeusz |
| Adriaenssens, Evelien M. | Lin, Boren |
| Alves, Isabel D. | Lin, Xiaojie |
| Ambrosini, Valentina | Linder, Stig |
| Ametamey, Simon Mensah | Linhardt, Robert |
| Ampofo, Emmanuel | Litchfield, David |
| Anderson, Carolyn | Liu, Yu |
| Argia, Katsuhiko | Liu, Stanley |
| Arsenyadis, Stellyos | Liu, Hai-yang |
| Asai, Daisuke | Liu, Jun-Jen |
| Axelsson, Anders | Lollo, Giovanna |
| Balcão, Victor M. | López-Abán, Julio |
| Barraud, Nicolas | Lovell, Jonathan |
| Bar-Shalom, Daniel | Ludwiczuk, Agnieszka |
| Benoist, Eric | Malik, Danish |
| Bertini, Sabrina | Malinowska, Barbara |
| Biagini, Giuseppe | Marchand, Pascal |
| Bidwai, Ashok | Maruo, Kohji |
| Boag, Peter R. | Matthews, Susan |
| Botta, Bruno | Matuszak, Zenon |
| Brooks, Amanda E. | Maurer, Andreas |
| Caffrey, Conor R. | Mayence, Annie |
| Cai, Zhengxin | McHugh, Patrick |
| Capasso, Raffaele | Medina, Diego |
| Caputo, Gregory A. | Meegan, Mary Jane |
| Cascini, Giuseppe Lucio | Mehta, Amitkumar |
| Castagnolo, Daniele | Mindt, Thomas L. |
| Castñeiras, Alfonso | Minghetti, Paola |
| Caudle, Kelly E | Miranda, Katrina |
| Ceranowicz, Piotr | Miyata, Yoshihiko |
| Čeřovský, Václav | Modos, Dezsö |
| Chaud, Marco V. | Mohr, Justin T. |
| Chen, Qiushui | Momparler, Richard |
| Cheong, Alex | Monclus, Michel |
| Chiarelli, Laurent | Montenarh, Mathias |
| Cho, Cheong-Weon | Moreno, J.J. |
| Chou, Joshua | Morgat, Clément |
| Chubanov, Vladimir | Mori, Yasuo |
| Chun, Heung Jae | Nair, Devatha |
| Chung, Donghoon | Namasivayam, Vigneshwaran |
| Cole-Hamilton, David J. | Neumann, Terrence |
| Coleman, Mathew | Newton, Alexandra |
| Collins, Stuart G. | Niinivehmas, Sanna |
| Connors, Neal | Nilsson, Anders |
| Constance, Jonathan E. | Nisnevitch, Marina |
| Coote, Peter | Norris, James |
| Copolovici, Dana Maria | Otvos, Laszlo |
| Cornell, Robert A. | Ozawa, Shogo |
| Costa, Patricia | Paci, Maurizio |
| Costantino, Luca | Pan, Yangang |
| Cozza, Giorgio | Pan, Jianbo |
| Czaplewski, Cezary | Panaro, Maria Antonietta |
| Daverey, Amita | Park, Steven I. |
| De Brevern, Alexandre | Park, Maiyon |
| Dealwis, Chris G. | Pascarelli, Nicola Antonio |
| Di Franco, Simone | Pasqualoto, Kerly |
| Doi, Hisashi | Peifer, Christian |
| Dorado, Pedro | Peitzsch, Claudia |
| Dovat, Sinisa | Pellei, Maura |
| Dussor, Greg | Perepelyuk, Maryna |
| Fang, Marong | Pietsch, Markus |
| Ferris, William | Pissarek, Margit |
| Flashman, Emily | Pletzer, Daniel |
| Fleig, Andrea | Poltronieri, Palmiro |
| Flieger, Jolanta | Pomin, Vitor |
| Formato, Marilena | Popa-Wagner, Aurel |
| Forssell-Aronsson, Eva | Porcheddu, Andrea |
| Foster, Rebecca R. | Poznański, Jarosław |
| Franken, Nicolaas | Prasad, Vikas |
| Fröhlich, Eleonore | Prevette, Lisa E. |
| Furukawa, Tatsuhiko | Rabanal, Francesc |
| Gangloff, Sophie C. | Raje, Mithun |
| Garrod, David | Roder, Christine |
| Gehrmann, Mathias | Sagan, Sandrine |
| Gemmill, Trent | Santoni, Giorgio |
| Geng, Feng | Schibli, Roger |
| González-Muñiz, Rosario | Schillaci, Orazio |
| Gorski, Andrzej | Schwinté, Pascale |
| Grande, Fedora | Seidler, Daniela G. |
| Guerrini, Marco | Selan, Laura |
| Guillet, Benjamin Alain | Setzer, William N. |
| Guler, Mustafa O. | Siegel, Dionicio |
| Hahn, Ulrich | Silva, Nuno A. |
| Hanna, Amgad | Sima, Jian |
| Hardy, John G. | Simitzis, Panayiotis |
| Harris, Eva | Sizochenko, Natalia |
| Haug, Alexander | Speich, Benjamin |
| Hendrikse, Harry | Srivenugopal, Kalkunte |
| Hirao, Ichiro | Stancu, Izabela-Cristina |
| Homma, Miwako Kato | Stephens, Gary J. |
| Hu, Shanghsiu | Surguchov, Andrei |
| Husain, Matloob | Taghibiglou, Changiz |
| Iannazzo, Daniela | Takano, Katsura |
| Imai, Toshio | Thirstrup, Kenneth |
| Inokuchi, Tsutomu | Thordarson, Pall |
| Itarte, Emilio | Thorek, Daniel L. J. |
| Jain, Prashant | Timmerman, Peter |
| Jansen, Gerrit | Ting, Richard C. H. |
| Jayasinghe, Suwan N. | Tiwari, Rakesh Kumar |
| Jiménez-Jiménez, Félix Javier | Toyofuku, Masanori |
| Johnson, Abbie C | Trembley, Janeen H |
| Kaneko, Shingo | Tseng, Boo Shan |
| Karmakar, Partha | Tsurkan, Mikhail V. |
| Kevadiya, Bhaveah | Turnbull, Jeremy E |
| Khan, Faruk M.O. | Vaidyanathan, Ganesan |
| Khang, Gilson | Valomon, Amandine |
| Kibble, Milla | Van Damme, Jo |
| Kinoshita, Takayoshi | Vergara, Daniele |
| Kintzios, Spyridon | Viggiano, Andrea |
| Kocoglu, Mehmet | Visentin, Michele |
| Kontopidis, George | Voliani, Valerio |
| Kostiainen, Mauri A. | Wadsak, Wolfgang |
| Kovacs, Richard | Wang, Xiaohong |
| Krammer, Florian | Wang, Wentian |
| Kubala, Lukáš | Wang, Jing |
| Kumar, Krishan | Wildemann, Britt |
| Kumar, Ashutosh | Williams, Christopher C. |
| Kung, Hank F. | Winkler, Heinz |
| Kweon, Oh-Kyeong | Winkler, Christoph |
| Kwon, Tae-Hyuk | Wolf-Rainer, Abraham |
| Lange, Rogier | Wu, Bin |
| Lauder, Bob | Wu, Ming Jie |
| Lauritano, Dorina | Xavier, Ana C. |
| Lazarowski, Alberto | Yin, Jian |
| Lees, Watson J. | You, Liang |
| Lexchin, Joel | Zamyatnin, Andrey A. |
| Li, Xiaobo | Zhang, Zhenbin |
| Li, Xiang-Guo | Zheng, Fang |