Constructing Price Indexes for Clinical Trials 

Iain Cockburn, PhD, Professor of Finance and Economics at Boston University School of Management, and Lori Shields, Vice President, Data Operations at Medidata Solutions, discuss how Medidata’s proprietary clinical trial cost databases will be used to determine accurate cost components to clinical trials that could explain the role of funding and the impact of the U.S. economy on clinical research. 

Iain Cockburn, PhD, Professor of Finance and Economics at Boston University School of Management

Lori Shields, Vice President, Data Operations at Medidata Solutions