The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
Encyclopedia
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics (commonly referred to as The Medical Letter) is a scientific journal
providing evaluations of drug
s. It has a print and electronic circulation of well over 450,000 subscribers in 125 countries worldwide.
It is published biweekly (26 issues/year) in several languages: English (US and Canadian editions), French (Canadian and European editions), Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
The Medical Letter is published by The Medical Letter, Inc.
, which also publishes the monthly Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter
.
s. A preliminary draft is circulated to every member of the advisory board and 10-20 other investigators with relevant clinical or experimental experience with the article's topic. Drafts are also provided to the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) and to all first authors of articles cited in the text. The evaluation of each drug includes a discussion of its efficacy, side effects, and a comparison with older, more established agents. The final version of the paper includes comments from the reviewers and is checked and edited for accuracy and readability.
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
providing evaluations of drug
Drug
A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in drug control law, government regulations, medicine, and colloquial usage.In pharmacology, a...
s. It has a print and electronic circulation of well over 450,000 subscribers in 125 countries worldwide.
It is published biweekly (26 issues/year) in several languages: English (US and Canadian editions), French (Canadian and European editions), Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
The Medical Letter is published by The Medical Letter, Inc.
The Medical Letter, Inc.
The Medical Letter, Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded in 1958 by Arthur Kallet, the co-founder of Consumers Union, and Harold Aaron. Since 1958, The Medical Letter, Inc. has no affiliation whatsoever with Consumers Union...
, which also publishes the monthly Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter
Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter
Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter is published monthly by the non-profit organization The Medical Letter, Inc., which also publishes The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. The journal provides reviews of drug classes for the treatment of most primary care disorders, such as...
.
Editorial process
Articles for The Medical Letter are drafted by either an editor or external consultant using both published and available unpublished studies that are reviewed for methodological rigor with special attention to the results of clinical trialClinical trial
Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for health interventions...
s. A preliminary draft is circulated to every member of the advisory board and 10-20 other investigators with relevant clinical or experimental experience with the article's topic. Drafts are also provided to the Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...
(FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...
(CDC) and to all first authors of articles cited in the text. The evaluation of each drug includes a discussion of its efficacy, side effects, and a comparison with older, more established agents. The final version of the paper includes comments from the reviewers and is checked and edited for accuracy and readability.