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![Lynda Welage](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2023-07/lynda_welage_2023.jpg)
Welage will remain on faculty with the college.
![birth control pill packets](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2024-06/birth-control.jpg)
A successful first-in-human clinical study of YCT-529, a hormone-free birth control pill for men developed by Dr. Gunda Georg of the College of Pharmacy and YourChoice Therapeutics, demonstrated its safety.
![Group of pharmacy advocates standing outside the MN state capital building](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2024-06/group-photo.jpg)
Pharmacy advocates had a successful session at the Minnesota State Legislature this year, passing four of five Minnesota Pharmacy Alliance (MPA) priorities. Those priorities were passed through a massive omnibus bill (HF5247), which compiled provisions from the Tax Conference Committee and several other omnibus policy bills. It was approved and signed by Governor Tim Walz on May 24.