Increase in EU legal initiatives for healthcare and medicinal products
This issue of ECHAMP News provides a round-up of current EU initiatives in the field of healthcare, of relevance to homeopathy and anthroposophic medicine, including cross-border healthcare, communication to patients and the Commission’s Pharma package… 
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What will a medicinal product be after the decision in Hecht-Pharma GmbH?
The definition of a medicinal product has always proved problematic. In case C-140/07, Hecht-Pharma GmbH v Staatliches Gewerbeaufsichtsamt Lüneburg the question comes up as to when physiological properties are to be considered sufficient to qualify a product as medicinal. Lawyer Johan Hulshof reports on the recent opinion from the Advocate General to the European Court of Justice… Read more

More evidence to demonstrate homeopathy’s effectiveness in the treatment of eczema
A new high-quality study demonstrates that the results of homeopathic treatment for eczema are similar or even superior to conventional treatment. Dr Ton Nicolai, President of the European Committee for Homeopathy, reports… Read more

New appointments
Two new appointments confirm the increasing importance of research into complementary medicine.
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Editor: Karen Chapman, ECHAMP PR and Communications Consultant