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Information Session on Anthroposophic Medicine in the HMPC

Report Information Session on Anthroposophic Medicine
EMEA, London
6 March 2008

On 6 March 2008, the Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) attended an ‘information session’ on  Fabricants de Médicaments utilisés en Thérapeutique Anthroposophique (AEFMUTA). As outlined by the European Commission, anthroposophic medicines have had a long tradition in Europe for decades. Some anthroposophic medicinal products may be eligible for the simplified registration procedure for homeopathic medicinal products or under the simplified registration procedure for traditional herbal medicinal products. However, some anthroposophic medicinal products do not fulfil the required conditions for eligibility to these registration procedures. The European Commission was of the view that the extension of the simplified registration procedure to other products than herbal substances with a long tradition of safe use could be considered and anthroposophic medicines were included in the examples of medicinal products for which such an extension was proposed. read more (pdf) 

 Presentations:

The Anthroposophic Medical Movement
in Europe

Peter Zimmermann M.D, Ph.D., Gynecologist and Obstetrician (FI), President IVAA
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The anthroposophic process approach towards medicinal products
Christiaan Mol, Pharmacist (DE), IAAP, Giancarlo Cimino M.D., Paediatrician (IT), IVAA
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A Case History 
Guus van der Bie, M.D., General Practitioner (NL), IVAA
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How to elaborate an anthroposophic medicine today the example of an OTC medicine 
François Hibou M.D. (F), AEFMUTA
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The Clinical Approach of Anthroposophic Medicine
Thomas Breitkreuz, M.D. Consultant Internal Medicine
Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke (DE), IVAA
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Anthroposophic Medicine and Clinical Research Past - Present - Future
Harald J Hamre, M.D. 
Institute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology, Freiburg (DE), IVAA
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Current issues in Anthroposophic Medicine
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Last update: 21.8.2010
RESEARCH in AM
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Anthroposophic Medicine: Effectiveness, Utility, Costs, Safety
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Influence of Viscum album L (European Mistletoe) Extracts on Quality of Life in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review of Controlled Clinical Studies. Kienle GS and Kiene H. Integrative Cancer Therapies 2010:1-16. read more...
Clinical research in anthroposophic medicine. Hamre HJ, Kiene H, Kienle GS. Altern Ther Health Med 2009;15(6):52-55. read more... 
Viscum album L. extracts in breast and gynaecological cancers: a systematic review of clinical and preclinical research. Kienle GS, Glockmann A, Schink M and Kiene H: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 2009;28:79. read more...
Survival of cancer patients treated with mistletoe extract (Iscador): a systematic literature review. Ostermann T, Raak C, Büssing A BMC Cancer 2009, 9:451 (pp. 1-9) (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/9/451) read more...
Comment on Mistletoe therapy in oncology (Cochrane Review 2008) IFAEMM: Kiene, Kienle 2008
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IVAA and CAM – joint publications
Complementary Medicine (CAM) Its current position and its potential for European Healthcare 
Joint publication by ECH, ECPM, ICMART and IVAA, representing 132 medical CAM associations across Europe (March 2008)
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Complementary Medicine (CAM) Its current position and its potential for European Healthcare (2008): Basic information, data, references, studies...
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Promoting health and fighting illness as major political challenges in the EU read more...
Consensus Document "Non Conventional Medicine" read more...
Recent study-results
Predictors of outcome after 6 and 12 months following anthroposophic therapy for adult outpatients with chronic disease: a secondary analysis from a prospective observational study. Hamre HJ, Witt CM, Kienle GS, Glockmann A, Willich SN, Kiene H. BMC Research Notes 2010 Aug 3;3(218). read more...
Pharmacotherapy of elderly patients in everyday anthroposophic medical practice: a prospective, multicenter observational study. Jeschke E, Ostermann T, Vollmar HC, Tabali M, Kröz M, Bockelbrink A, Witt CM, Willich SN, Matthes H. BMC Geriatrics 2010, 10:48 read more...
Professional treatment in the context of medical pluralism - A German perspective. Kiene H, Brinkhaus B, Fischer G, Girke M, Hahn EG, Hoppe HD, Jütte R, Kraft K, Klitzsch W, Matthiessen PF, Meister P, Michalsen A, Teut M, Willich SN, Heimpel H. Europaen Journal of Integrative Medicine 2010;2:53-56 .... read more
A pilot study on the effects of a team building process on the perception of work environment in an integrative hospital for neurological rehabilitation. Ostermann T, Bertram M, Büssing A. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2010; 10, 10 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/10/10: 25-44) (pp. 1-10) read more...
God Image and Happiness in Chronic Pain Patients: The Mediating Role of Disease Interpretation.  Dezutter J, Luyckx K, Schaap-Jonker H, Büssing A, Hutsebaut D. Pain Medicine 2010, Mar 26. [Epub ahead of print] read more...
The treatment of children with anthroposophic medicine in daily primary care - Results of a network study. Jeschke E, Ostermann T, Tabali M, Bockelbrink A, Witt C, Willich S, Matthes H. European Journal of Integrative Medicine 2009;1(4):203. read more...
An integrtive approach of cancer treatment with mistletoe therapy, surgery, irradiation and chemotherapy in CAM settings. Schad F, Merkle A, Hoffmann G, Lenneweit G, Spahn G, Hesse M, Paxino C, Wellmann G, Matthes B, Baute R, Breitkreuz T, Matthes H. European Journal of Integrative Medicine 2009;1(4):184. read more...
Health costs in patients treated for depression, in patients with depressive symptoms treated for another chronic disorder, and in non-depressed patients: a two-year prospective cohort study in anthroposophic outpatient settings. Hamre HJ, Witt CM, Glockmann A, Ziegler R, Kienle GS, Willich SN, Kiene H.Eur J Health Econ 2009;DOI 10.1007/s10198-009-0203-0. read more...
More recent studies and results of working groups read more... 
Further studies with significance for Anthroposophic Medicine
Studies 2005-2010 and results of working groups (overview) read more... PDF
Allergic disease and sensitization in Steiner school children. Floistrup H, et al. The Parsifal Study Group. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006 Jan;117(1):59-66. Epub 2005 Nov 28. read more...(Abstract) PDF 
Anthroposophic vs. conventional therapy of acute respiratory and ear infections: a prospective outcomes study. Hamre HJ, Fischer M, Heger M, Riley D, Haidvogl M, Baars E, Bristol E, Evans M, Schwarz R, Kiene H. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2005 Apr;117(7-8):256-68. read more...
Anthroposophic therapies in chronic disease: the Anthroposophic Medicine Outcomes Study (AMOS) Hamre HJ, Becker-Witt C, Glockmann A, Ziegler R, Willich SN, Kiene H. Eur J Med Res. 2004 Jul 30;9(7):351-60. read more... 
Evaluation of quality of life/life satisfaction in women with breast cancer in complementary and conventional care. Carlsson M, Arman M, Backman M, Flatters U, Hatschek T, Hamrin E. Acta Oncol. 2004;43(1):27-34. read more... PDF 
An anthroposophic lifestyle and intestinal microflora in infancy. Alm JS, Swartz J, Bjorksten B, Engstrand L, Engstrom J, Kuhn I, Lilja G, Mollby R, Norin E, Pershagen G, Reinders C, Wreiber K, Scheynius A. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2002 Dec;13(6):402-11.
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Atopy in children of families with an anthroposophic lifestyle. Alm JS, Swartz J, Lilja G, Scheynius A, Pershagen G. Lancet. 1999 May 1;353(9163):1485-8. (1999)
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