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WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE . . .

...between peer review and systematic review?

BOTH terms relate to a different element of scientific research. They are important tools for scrutinising studies, including trials of medicines.

Peer review is a check of a scientific study carried out by independent experts in that particular field.

These peers will raise questions about the design of the study.

The review happens before the study is published in an official journal.

Systematic reviews are when scientists analyse all the existing research about a certain topic in order to draw firm conclusions. They may highlight faults in old studies that haven’t been spotted before. Sometimes, the results of a systematic review challenge the traditional school of thought on a subject.

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