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ALEXANDRIA, VA: The Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) USA filed a complaint yesterday with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that aims to reverse the FDA’s effective ban on homeopathic drugs used by millions of Americans.
FDA guidance published in December 2022 effectively made all homeopathic drugs currently used in America illegal. The guidance requires that all homeopathic drugs go through the same new drug pre-market licensing system used for pharmaceuticals. This system is entirely unjustified and is neither technically, nor economically, feasible for the vast majority of manufacturers.
If the FDA enforces its own guidance, millions of Americans will lose access to their homeopathic drugs of choice, and an industry valued in excess of $4 billion-a-year will be destroyed.
ANH-USA and leading homeopathic drug maker, Meditrend Inc., have brought the lawsuit, arguing the FDA’s guidance is unlawful and that it contravenes previous decisions made by Congress.
“The FDA’s guidance is a stunning example of agency overreach”, said Jonathan Emord, Esq., General Counsel of ANH. He continued, “Not only has the FDA ignored the careful consideration given to this unique category of drugs by Congress, it has violated the law, notably the Administrative Procedure Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020.
The Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year to overturn the Chevron doctrine that has allowed, for some 40 years, government agencies to ignore the rule of law while protecting special interests, gives us a unique opportunity to reset the balance for individual rights, liberty and consumer choice.”
The full complaint can be accessed from this link.
Rob Verkerk, Ph.D., Executive and Scientific Director of ANH added: “The FDA has had to greatly exaggerate safety concerns over homeopathic products to justify its approach. Copious evidence shows that these are among the very safest healthcare products in use. What the FDA should have done is follow the remit given by Congress and develop a new regulatory framework suitable for homeopathics. Fortunately, our friends at Americans for Homeopathy Choice have now created a bill for this purpose and we are hopeful that our lawsuit will give us the momentum needed to ensure the FDA’s attacks on homeopathy are eliminated once and for all.”
Find out more by downloading the ANH Media Pack, “Stop the FDA Ban on Homeopathy.”
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CONTACT
For interviews with Jonathan Emord, Esq. and Robert Verkerk, Ph.D. (ANH) or Richard D. Savage, CEO of Meditrend, and for further information, please contact Michael Ames-Sikora, Editorial Director via telephone 800-230-2762 or email [email protected] or [email protected].
EDITORS’ NOTES
Download ANH Media Pack, “Stop the FDA Ban on Homeopathy.”
Recent ANH articles covering latest FDA attack on homeopathy:
- FDA Launches Homeopathy Broadside, Nov 30, 2023
- Tell Whole Foods to Stop Limiting Your Homeopathy Access, Sep 07, 2023
- Your Advocacy on Homeopathy is Working, Aug 17, 2023
- This Might be Your Last Chance to Save Homeopathy, Mar 30, 2023
- Explaining the FDA’s New Homeopathy Policy, Dec 15, 2022
ABOUT THE ALLIANCE FOR NATURAL HEALTH
The Alliance for Natural Health USA is America’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and promoting natural and regenerative healthcare, using the tools of ‘good science’ and ‘good law’. ANH protects the right of natural health practitioners to practice, and the right of consumers to choose the healthcare options and treatment modalities they prefer, including complementary and alternative medicine. ANH unites consumers, practitioners, and the natural health industry to speak with a common voice. It has worked since 1992 to help shift the medical paradigm from its primary focus on drugs and surgery to an “integrative” approach that brings together approaches to health that work with, rather than against, natural processes, while enhancing the body’s self-healing capacity.
ANH-USA has fought for decades for the right to maintain access to, and communicate about, the many benefits of natural health options. Leading constitutional lawyer, Jonathan Emord (aka the ‘FDA Dragon Slayer’), previously as external legal counsel, has brought multiple precedent-setting lawsuits on behalf of ANH in the USA that expanded free speech about the benefits of dietary supplements, including permitting consumers to learn that folate supplementation during pregnancy helped prevent neural tube defects in the unborn child. As of July 2024, Emord was appointed General Counsel of ANH and this is the first of multiple suits that will be filed to prevent unjustified over-regulation by government agencies, facilitated by the recent LoperBright v Raimondo and Axon Enterprises v FTC decisions of the Supreme Court. In the US, and through its international arm, Alliance for Natural Health International, ANH has continued to keep the door open to natural health and champion free speech about natural products so more consumers can be empowered to make the best choices for their health.