 economic impacts from commercial development economic impacts from commercial development 4 admin mon 10142019 1721 description and measurement of the impacts of commercializing the outputs of research eg drugs treatments on the economy the indicator assesses the effect that research findings may have on the overall economy when been commercialized core quantitative qualitative drug supply  the distribution provision and or sale of health care products information compiled internally by the organization with the input of other stakeholders if needed provide a narrative description of the economic impact for society of commercializing research outputs for example creation of employment import substitution and drug cost when possible provide the monetary value of those impacts eg reduced drug cost free text number in monetary units impact local currency annually annually comprehensiveness might come at the expense of overburdening information yes extract from novartis corporate responsibility report 2017 p 15 available at  https wwwnovartiscom sites wwwnovartiscom files novartiscrperformancereport2017pdf indirect economic impact 