 therapeutic advances therapeutic advances 80 admin mon 10142019 1837 number of novel therapeutic advances developed by the initiative project during the reporting period such as biomarkers medical treatments devices etc the indicator evaluates the capacity of the initiative to produce treatments and medical interventions that will improve the health and care of patients additional quantitative therapeutic advance  treatment and care of a patient for the purpose of both preventing and combating disease or alleviating pain or injury encyclopedia britannica initiative scientific report count the total number of new therapeutic advances that the initiative project developed during the reporting period for the sake of comparison the initiative project shall report the same figure for the two prior reporting periods number in physical units output number of new therapeutic advances developed annually annually the indicator does not inform about the usefulness of the therapeutic advances or their actual influence on patients and their recovery no eranet neuron development and advancement in methods and technologies towards the understanding of brain diseases joint transnational call 2009 impact report available at  eranet neuron development and advancement in methods and technol ogies towards the understanding of brain diseases joint transnational call 2009 impact report product and drug development 