The Story of Influenza Antivirals: Part 17

Assessing the likelihood of bias

In standard Cochrane reviews, the likelihood of bias is assessed by applying the risk of bias (RoB) tool, an instrument specifically developed to assess publications.

In 2013 we showed in an exploratory review of 78 confidential industry reports that clinical study reports are far more detailed than publications. In reports where all parts of CSRs were a…