New paper finds more than half of the systematic reviews on remdesivir for Covid-19 were already out of date by the time they were published — Cochrane Australia

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Feb 24 New paper finds more than half of the systematic reviews on remdesivir for Covid-19 were already out of date by the time they were published

A new study published today in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology by Cochrane Australia's Steve McDonald, Simon Turner, Matthew Page and Tari Turner found most systematic reviews of remdesivir for COVID-19 were redundant and lacked currency by the time they were published. There was considerable duplication of systematic reviews and half were already out of date at the time of publication.

Read a snapshot of key findings below or read the full paper here.

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