Research waste is still a scandal—an essay by Paul Glasziou and Iain Chalmers

Progress has been made towards reducing the 85% of wasted effort in medical research—and the huge amounts of money misspent and harm caused to patients—but there’s still a long way to go, say Paul Glasziou and Iain Chalmers

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