PJ, December 2022, Vol 309, No 7968

Victor Gacek (1955–2022)

On 16 October 2022, Victor Gacek, aged 66 years of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Mr Gacek registered with the Society in 1978. Tribute Friends and colleagues have been shocked by the sudden passing of Vic. He was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, to a Polish mother and Russian father. He excelled a…

Sotrovimab no longer recommended as first-line treatment for COVID-19 patients

Only nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir is now recommended as the first-line treatment for non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19, while sotrovimab may be considered "by exception".…

New approaches to male contraception

Attitudes to male contraception are starting to shift, opening up a potential market in which researchers are hopeful the pharmaceutical industry will want to invest.…