Federal Health Minister wants to ban fresh cell therapy

Spahn wants to ban fresh cell therapy

With a new law, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn plans to abolish fresh cell applications and other healing methods. And as always, non-medical practitioners are denigrated in the media.

According to a recent report by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung", health minister Jens Spahn (CDU) plans to take action against some therapies and treatment practices in the future with new legal regulations.

The focus here is on media reports on the production, sale and use of extracts from animal organs, mostly sheep. They are often offered as a fresh cell therapy for anti-aging or strengthening the body's immune system.

However, the application is controversial because of possible risks such as severe infections and lack of evidence of efficacy. It is therefore planned to amend the drug law accordingly. For this purpose, a draft bill will be presented shortly.

The article in the SZ brings back the case of "Brüggen-Bracht" from the moth box and sees it as necessary that naturopaths now finally no longer be allowed to produce and administer prescription drugs. The minister also demands that. This raises some questions. Who did not research properly? After all, non-medical practitioners are not allowed to make prescription drugs or apply prescription drugs.