Sadly Per Hartvig died in December last year aged 70 years old. Per was a long-standing member of the EJHP editorial board initially as editor for EJHP science and then as an associate editor on the combined science and practice journal. As the previous editor of the science part of the journal, he fought hard to ensure that science remained as a key part of what was published in EJHP.

Early in my career, I was greatly influenced by a pharmacist who was a scientist at heart. He was …

Correspondence to Professor Phil Wiffen, Pain Research Unit, Churchill Hospital, Old Rd, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK; phil.wiffen{at}ndcn.ox.ac.uk