HISTORY OF THE JOURNAL

The journal Pharmaca is the official journal of the Croatian Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapy of the Croatian Medical Association. It started out back in 1963 as the 4th newsletter on pharmacotherapy in this part of the world. The first editor-in-chief was Dr. Savo Zlatić, who recognized the importance of medicines their enormous impact on the health of individuals and society, as well as the economic burden of consumption. On these grounds he was one of the founders and promoter of clinical pharmacology. Back in the 80's, the editor-in-chief became Professor Božidar Vrhovac, who developed clinical pharmacology throughout the former state, connected Croatia with the world, and was one of the founders of the International Society of Drug Bulletins (ISDB). From the very beginning, the journal has been edited by clinical pharmacologists of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Center Zagreb. The journal is published in Croatian.

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It is important to point out that the basic requirement for membership in ISDB was editorial and financial independence (especially from the pharmaceutical industry) and the quality of published articles in terms of objectivity and rationality.

Pharmaca brought news about newly registered medicines in the world and Croatia and commented on their value, ie contribution to current pharmacotherapy, published news from the field of medicines, informed about side effects of new and old medicines, followed and reviewed relevant congresses and encouraged members to participate.

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Since 2008, the editor-in-chief is Primarius Ksenija Makar-Ausperger, MD, PhD. Pharmaca continues the same editorial "policy" and hosts numerous relevant authors in the field of clinical pharmacology, publishes news, advocates for rational pharmacotherapy and promotes evidence based information.

Due to objective reasons, Pharmaca stopped publishing in 2011, but in 2020 it resumed publication.

New editorial board, new ideas, new strength and enthusiasm, but always the same goal: promoting the rational and evidence-based use of medicines.

JOURNAL PUBLISHING

The journal is published in four editions a year.

The re-launch of Pharmaca was achieved with the support of the magazine

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CODE OF ETHICS

Code of Ethics of the journal Pharmaca is drawn up in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Council of Science Editors (CSE).

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The editorial board adheres to the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).

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Editorial Board- Code of Ethics (in Croatian)

 

Editorial Board- Code of Ethics (in English)

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INDEX

The process of re-indexing the journal in the Scopus bibliographic database is in progress.