Clinical trial supply chain design based on the Pareto-optimal trade-off between time and cost

• Main Authors: Zhao, Hui, Wu, Kan, Huang, Edward
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Health Care; Network Design
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139112
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Long duration and high cost are two key characteristics of clinical trials. Since the clinical trial duration is part of the limited patent life and determines the time to market, its reduction is of critical importance. Although the duration can be reduced through increasing the number of clinical...