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Wim Betz is a member of Skepp, the Flemish-speaking Belgian Skeptics organization, and is a professor of medicine at the Free University of Brussels.
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From the archives: alternative medicine’s political battle for European recognition
Wim Betz
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12th August 2025
From the archives in 1991, Wim Betz analyses the then-recent ruling by which homeopathic and herbal medicines obtained licenses in EU countries
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