Internal Consensus (German Pharmaceutical Law) Archive

22. February 202322. February 2023

Homöopathie in der Apotheke – ein Münsteraner Memorandum

Die Apotheke ist der Ort, an dem die PatientInnen "direkt" mit den Arzneimitteln in Kontakt kommen und sich auf die Fachkenntnis und Kompetenz des dort tätigen Personals verlassen. Dies bedingt fraglos eine besondere Verantwortung gegenüber …

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9. October 202212. October 2022

Open letter from the INH on the topic of patient safety to the Federal Government Commissioner for Patients

This article meets the German health policy goal of "patient safety" and contradicts the use of this term by homeopaths.

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13. August 202214. October 2022

Open letter to Minister Lucha, Baden-Württemberg, on the deletion of homeopathy from the further training regulations of the State Medical Association

The decision of the Baden-Württemberg Medical Association to remove homeopathy from the state's further training regulations was met with very clear and repeated public criticism by the Minister for Health, Social Affairs and Integration of …

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31. January 20228. September 2022

Time for action! INH Open Letter on Homeopathy in the Health Sector

Six years of INH educational work, discussions and advertising for an appropriate role for homeopathy - not as medicine and outside the health system. We have achieved a lot, raised general awareness about the real …

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12. May 20208. September 2022

Homeopathy in a nutshell – for beginners

Homeopathy - a method from the transition from 18th to 19th century Homeopathy is a therapeutic concept developed by the German doctor Samuel Hahnemann at the time of the French Revolution. It is therefore inevitable …

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17. December 20198. September 2022

The INH’s Statement on the “Scientific Opinion” concerning the homeopathy proposal of the party “Bündnis90/Die Grünen

English version will appear soon

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13. July 20198. September 2022

Decision on Homeopathy in France – and Germany? – An Interim Conclusion

This week, French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn announced the French government's decision to remove homeopathy completely from the statutory health insurance scheme by 2021. For a transitional year, the reimbursement rate for homeopathic medicines is …

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14. June 20198. September 2022

Open letter of the INH to the German Federal Minister of Health on the “internal consensus” of the German medical law

Yesterday, on 13.06.2019, German TV satirist Jan Böhmermann so satirically as accurately analysed homeopathy in his programme "Neo Magazin Royale" and thus articulated in his special way the - in our opinion - widespreaded displeasure …

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27. April 20198. September 2022

What does the German “internal consensus” mean?

This text describes the topic "Homoeopathy in German Pharmaceutical Law". Anyway, WE all agree... In 1976, consultations began on a fundamental reorganisation of German pharmaceutical law. By and large, the state's involvement in the pharmaceutical …

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8. September 20188. September 2022

Glasses, dentures and homeopathy – The role of German statutory health insurances

This text describes the legal situation under which health insurance companies in Germany are legally allowed to reimburse costs for homeopathy. Due to the very specific German factual and legal situation, we refrain from a …

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10. March 201721. October 2022

Glasses, dentures and homeopathy – The role of German statutory health insurances

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16. September 201625. May 2023

But health insurance companies wouldn’t pay for ineffective drugs!

(This contribution describes the legal situation in Germany which currently applies to the reimbursement of homeopathy by the statutory health insurance.) Unfortunately the health insurances do this indeed, even if one hardly considers it possible. …

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