The ‘European Summer’ has arrived. Each year the temperature rises slightly. Interest in complementary medicine is also growing, not just amongst the citizens but increasingly amongst expert committees and decision makers in the field of health. Improved communication and exchange of information with patients and complementary medicine practitioners is essential to ensure better policies in this field.

The time is right to improve communication in general, because some years after the most important enlargement in its half-century history, the European Union faces a number of major changes. The ‘Irish No’ will not stop the process but it might bring the decision makers closer to the 500 million citizens, including more than 100 million users of homeopathic and anthroposophic remedies.

Nand De Herdt, General Secretary
July 2008

EMEA hosts information session on anthroposophic medicine
The Herbal Medicinal Products Committee of the European Medicines Agency took a lively interest in anthroposophic medicine at a dedicated information session in March.
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International scientists to discuss best possible medical care
The First European Congress for Integrative Medicine (ECIM) invites you to a lively exchange of ideas on the future of optimal patient care in Berlin on 7-8 November 2008. Internationally renowned scientists and medical practitioners will present their innovative views on mainstream and complementary medicine. Read more

LMHI Congress – an annual event for the homeopathic community
This event in May demonstrated the political presence of the homeopathic community and promoted homeopathic products among an increasingly homogeneous and open group. There is a growing concern that European overregulation is increasingly affecting availability of homeopathic medicines all over the Community.
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The second Irish ‘No’ - A fast victory or a slow defeat? 
The ‘no’ vote in the Irish referendum on the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty adds a new chapter to the difficult revision process of the EC and EU Treaties. But, writes Johan Hulshof, Europe will not come to a standstill. Without question the Lisbon Treaty will take effect in the near future – with or without Ireland…Read more