From Over-Regulation to Better Regulation
A new euro-vocabulary is increasingly apparent in a large number of policy documents and position papers: Deregulation, Better Regulation, Co-Regulation, Self-Regulation and Smart Regulation. A new report from ECHAMP will show that these concepts are also important in the field of homeopathic and anthroposophic medicinal products, where there is still much to be done to develop an adequate legal and regulatory environment… Read more

The Mutual Recognition Procedure: How much discretion does a Concerned Member State have?
The extent to which a Concerned Member State has discretion to evaluate a medicinal product which has already been assessed by a Reference Member State is an issue that still needs clarification. Lawyer Johan Hulshof looks at case C-452/06, Synthon BV v The Licensing Authority of the Department of Health,¹ and considers the implications for homeopathic and anthroposophic medicinal products…
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Swiss say YES to complementary medicine
Switzerland is close to allowing complementary medicine to be integrated into the national health system by a special change in its constitution…
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Editor: Karen Chapman, ECHAMP PR and Communications Consultant