A recent claim by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) that there is “no scientific evidence” of efficacy of homeopathy for any condition is not backed up by their own scientific data. This statement was made in a press release announcing release of a report commissioned as part of the government’s #ConPrueba programme, explicitly designed to „dismantle“ pseudo-therapies. Production of the report was also overseen by a Minister who publicly described homeopathy as „a scam“ eighteen months before the report was published. This context raises strong concerns about distortion of the scientific process, as we see a low quality report, designed with critical flaws incorporated from the outset, appearing to be used to fit a pre-determined political agenda.

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