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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 best of our knowledge, no …

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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 20192. September 2020

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

{:de}Stellungnahme des INH zum "Wissenschaftlichen Gutachten" betr. Homöopathie-Antrag bei Bündnis90/Die Grünen{:}{:en}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!

{:de}Offener Brief an die bayerischen Landtagsabgeordneten: Homöopathie ist keine Antibiotika-Alternative!{:}{:en}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

{:de}Die spanische Online-Zeitung eldiario.es über Homöopathiekritik in Deutschland{:}{:en}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.

{:de}Von wegen, "so okay", Herr Spahn! - Ein Gastbeitrag von Pharmaökonomin Prof. Dr. Tina Salomon{:}{:en}"So okay", Minister Spahn? – No way! - A guest article by health economist Prof. Dr. Tina Salomon{:}

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. We would like to thank …

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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

{:de}Offener Brief an Gesundheitsminister Spahn zur Fortgeltung der Erstattung von Homöopathie in der GKV{:}{:en}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 of the SHI funds, i.e. …

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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 "discontinued" the first batch of …

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29. July 20195. September 2020

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

{:de}Offener Brief an Karin Maag MdB - Kassenerstattung von Homöopathie{:}{:en}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 of arguments which, in the …

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13. July 20194. October 2019

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

{:de}Herzlich willkommen!{:}{:en}Welcome!{:}

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 to be halved from 30 …

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27. June 201921. August 2019

Spanish doctors withdraw credit from homeopathy

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14. June 20195. September 2020

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

{:de}Offener Brief des INH an den Bundesminister für Gesundheit zum Binnenkonsens des AMG{:}{:en}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 about the role of the …

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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 commented on the EASAC statement …

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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)

{:de}Gröhe verteidigt den Schutzzaun für Homöopathie - das INH zur Antwort auf den Offenen Brief an das BMG (2016){:}{:en}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 201627. December 2020

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. Because the legislator allows the …

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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 das Heilpraktikerwesen im deutschen Gesundheitssystem. …

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