Newsletter Volume 40, Number 6, 2025

Introduction

　We have only a few days left in this year. What kind of year was it for you this year? In my work as a hospital pharmacist, I have become keenly aware of the “2025 problem. The baby boomers will be elderly in the latter half of their lives, and their medical and nursing care needs will increase rapidly, but it will not be easy to secure personnel for all of the various professions. Under such circumstances, we feel that there is an ever-increasing need to reduce adverse events and maximize therapeutic effects with limited resources. We believe that optimizing drug therapy for each patient through appropriate dosage and administration design based on pharmacokinetics will play an important role in achieving this goal. We hope that this newsletter will provide an opportunity to discuss the role and potential of pharmacokinetics with basic and clinical researchers as well as industry. We hope you will continue to read this newsletter. (T.H.)

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