Policy and Law Archive - Information Network Homeopathy

12. June 202518. June 2025

Kein Wirksamkeitsnachweis. Nirgends,

Weder Registrierung noch Zulassung von Homöopathika belegen nachgewiesene Wirksamkeit Kein Wirksamkeitsnachweis. Nirgends. (Bild: Pixabay License) Immer wieder wird – teils in gutem Glauben, teils bewusst irreführend – behauptet, die gesetzlich geregelte Registrierung oder Zulassung homöopathischer …

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30. January 202530. January 2025

9. Geburtstag des INH – und ein kleiner Rant

Heute, am 30. Januar 2025, jährt sich die Gründung des INH zum 9. Mal. Kein besonderes Jubiläum, auch kein „rundes“, aber doch Gelegenheit und Anlass für ein paar Gedanken. Bereits in unserem Jahresrückblick auf 2024 …

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13. May 202428. May 2024

Der Deutsche Ärztetag distanziert sich von der Homöopathie

Am 11. Mai 2024 fassten die Delegierten des 128. Deutschen Ärztetages in Mainz den folgenden Beschluss: Der 128. Deutsche Ärztetag 2024 stellt fest, dass die Anwendung von Homöopathie in Diagnostik und Therapie in der Regel …

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27. March 202421. April 2024

Kassenerstattung für Homöopathie vor dem Aus! Oder …?

Ort der Entscheidung - Photo by Paul Scheelen on Pexels.com Seit Januar wurde es als ziemlich sicher gehandelt, dass mit dem neuen Gesundheitsversorgungsstärkungsgesetz (GVSG) die Erstattung von Homöopathieleistungen (Mittel und Therapie) in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung …

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24. January 20241. July 2024

Homeopathy in Switzerland – breaking the ice?

Photo by Rafa De on Pexels.com It has been a strange and tortuous path that the debate on "complementary medicine" in the Swiss public health system has taken over the last 20 years, leading to …

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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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17. February 202318. February 2023

Homöopathiestudie in Bayern: ein Zwischenbericht

Wir erinnern uns an den Beschluss des Bayerischen Landtages vom November 2019, die Staatsregierung möge eine Studie in Auftrag geben, um „zu untersuchen bzw. untersuchen zu lassen, wie ein reduzierter Antibiotikaeinsatz im medizinischen Bereich realisiert …

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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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5. November 202020. December 2020

Study Contract on Homeopathy and Antibiotics – The Slant

On 7 November 2019, the Bavarian parliament (Landtag) decided to award a research contract for homeopathy as an alternative to antibiotics. Initially, 400,000 euros were earmarked for this, later increased to 800,000 euros. To the …

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12. March 20202. September 2020

“Scientific opinion” on homeopathy application to Bündnis90/Die Grünen – Reply to replica

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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

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4. November 20197. December 2019

Open letter to the Bavarian Members of Parliament: Homeopathy is not an alternative to antibiotics!

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4. November 20192. September 2020

The Spanish online newspaper eldiario.es about homeopathy criticism in Germany

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23. October 20192. September 2020

“So okay” – no way, Minister Spahn! – A “Too long – Didn’t read” for those in a hurry.

Prof. Tina Salomon's detailed article on the "homeopathic 20-million peanuts", which we recently published under the heading "Points of View", met with great interest - and the desire to provide a "short version" of it. …

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18. September 201926. October 2019

Open letter to Health Minister Spahn on the continuation of the reimbursement of homeopathy in the SHI

Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn declared yesterday, 17.09.2019, that he would adhere further to the reimbursability of homeopathy by the statutory health insurance funds. He cited the comparatively marginal costs compared to the total expenditure …

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7. August 20194. October 2019

The INH to MEPs on homeopathy in the EU Medicines Directive

In the meantime, the Spanish government has initiated a wide outreach against pseudomedicine. For example, it no longer wants to accept the medicinal status of homeopathy, wants to ban homeopathy from pharmacies and has already …

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29. July 20195. September 2020

Open letter to Karin Maag, Member of the Bundestag – Reimbursement of Homeopathy

Mrs. Karin Maag, member of the Health Committee of the German Bundestag, has recently spoken out on several occasions against the reimbursement of homeopathy by the statutory health insurance funds. She did use a number …

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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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27. June 201921. August 2019

Spanish doctors withdraw credit from homeopathy

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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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21. October 20176. April 2020

German Homeopathic Doctors on EASAC Statement: An Answer from the INH

We have reported on the verdict of the Advisory Committee of the Scientific Academies of the European Community on Homeopathy and reactions to it. As expected, the German Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians has also …

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13. October 20165. September 2020

Minister defends the protective fence for homeopathy – INH in response to the Open Letter to the Ministry of Health (2016)

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16. September 201616. October 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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1. September 20162. June 2020

Rechte und Pflichten von Heilpraktikern – ein Debattenbeitrag aus Sicht des INH

„Es wäre gut, wenn in der Medizin gar keine Lücke entstünde, in der sich die Patienten auf die Suche nach "Alternativen" machen müssen.“ - Dr. Natalie Grams Aus aktuellem Anlass Aktuell tobt ein Streit um …

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