Maximizing Medicine Access through Trade Credit Optimization in Subsidized Fixed-Price Markets

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Data may be preliminary. 11 August 2025 V1 Latest version Share on Maximizing Medicine Access through Trade Credit Optimization in Subsidized Fixed-Price Markets Authors : Farnoush Otrodi 0000-0002-7890-4996 , Hassan Khademi Zare [email protected] , Yahya Zare Mehrjardi , and Mohammad Bagher Fakhrzad Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175489038.81543204/v1 125 views 57 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract In regulated pharmaceutical markets similar to Canada, Japan, and Iran, government-determined fixed prices, permits for multiple producers, and subsidies support public health by ensuring medication availability and fostering social equity. However, intense competition driven by fixed pricing and profit motives, in the end leading to bankruptcies among supply chain members, undermines access to medicines. Although this fixed-price tampering, producers frequently rely on trade credit while overlooking wider financial streams, aggravating supply issues and access barriers. This oversight leads to distribution interruptions and diminishes medicine supply. Diverging from previous research centered on physical logistics, this study emphasizes financial currents and introduces a decision-aid framework for a two-stage pharmaceutical supply chain with temperature-sensitive perishability. The framework refines trade credit levels to boost overall supply chain earnings under fixed-price and subsidy-backed conditions, fostering collaboration among stakeholders. Validated against centralized and decentralized scenarios, the optimal discount rate strengthens chain stability. Results measure the trade credit required to stabilize financial currents, reduce access constraints, and ensure medicine availability, providing practical guidance for policymakers and administrators in subsidized fixed-price markets. Supplementary Material File (maximizing medicine access through trade credit optimization in subsidized fixed-price markets.docx) Download 210.36 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 11 August 2025 Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Keywords coordination mechanisms fixed pricing government intervention pharmaceutical supply chain subsidies Authors Affiliations Farnoush Otrodi 0000-0002-7890-4996 Yazd University View all articles by this author Hassan Khademi Zare [email protected] Yazd University View all articles by this author Yahya Zare Mehrjardi Yazd University View all articles by this author Mohammad Bagher Fakhrzad Yazd University View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 125 views 57 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Farnoush Otrodi, Hassan Khademi Zare, Yahya Zare Mehrjardi, et al. Maximizing Medicine Access through Trade Credit Optimization in Subsidized Fixed-Price Markets. Authorea . 11 August 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175489038.81543204/v1 If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. 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