INTERNAL MARKET : HOMEOPATHIC PRACTITIONERS WANT BETTER REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.

• Position: Brief article

Representatives and practitioners from the alternative medicine industry called, on 17 December, for revision of EU legislation seen as leading to a significant reduction in the number of alternative medicines on the market. The European Coalition on Homeopathic and Anthroposophic Medicinal Products (ECHAMP) argues the current framework is inhibiting industry growth rather than promoting greater free trade and European harmonisation.

"The Commission noted in a report from 1997 that European...