Recently Professor Hans Lund, chairman of the EBRNetwork, gave a presentation on the topic “Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice in research” at the Nordic Conference on Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice. He pointed out that the evidence clearly shows that many unnecessary trials are being carried out even after a consensus has been reached. As a solution, he presented the EBRNetwork and its devotion to reducing waste in research by promoting: No new studies without prior systematic review of existing evidence, Efficient production, updating and dissemination of systematic reviews.

His presentation is available here.
See this too: http://ebrnetwork.org/?p=163