title: Resumed Publication ofPharmaceuticalsin 2009.
abstract: After a five year hiatus, we are pleased to announce the resumption of publication of the MDPI journalPharmaceuticals(ISSN 1424-8247). First launched in 2004, few suitable papers were submitted and only one was published [1], before our limited editorial resources at the time led us to temporarily discontinue publication. Several things have changed since then. First, there has been an explosive growth in the number of manuscripts submitted and published in MDPI's various current journals [2], whose topics clearly fall within the intended scope ofPharmaceuticalsand we feel that these manuscripts merit a dedicated forum. Second, the expansion of MDPI, now with Editorial Offices and staff in Basel (Switzerland) and Beijing (China), allows us to providePharmaceuticals' authors with all the services they could desire and deserve: a simple manuscript submission process, rigorous peer review, quick revision turnaround, Open Access publication on a new and attractive platform and coverage by all the major abstracting services. In addition, a new Editorial Board comprised of noted academic and industry scientists has been set up forPharmaceuticals.Finally, to better focus the subject matter published inPharmaceuticalson molecular medicines, we have also set up a special section inInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences(IJMS, ISSN 1422-0067) for papers on nutraceuticals or chemopreventives. We look forward to receiving and publishing your papers and as always, we welcome your comments and suggestions. [...].
authors.affiliation: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Kandererstrasse 25, Basel CH-4057, Switzerland. lin@mdpi.org.
authors.forename: Shu-Kun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Kandererstrasse 25, Basel CH-4057, Switzerland. mcphee@mdpi.org.
authors.forename: Derek J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: McPhee