 expected or potential effects of new products on wellbeing expected or potential effects of new products on wellbeing 82 admin mon 10142019 1837 description of the potential effects of new products and developments of the initiative project eg novel or improved drugs therapeutic advances or other medical interventions on patients wellbeing the indicator evaluates the potential effect that the new developments of the initiative project might have on patients additional qualitative drug  natural or synthetic substance which when taken into a living body affects its functioning or structure and is used in t he diagnosis mitigation treatment or prevention of a disease or relief of discomfort wwwbusinessdictionarycom  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 research report researchers expertise provide a narrative description of the new developments generated by the initiative project drugs products therapeutic treatments medical interventions etcetera and explain their effect on the wellbeing of patients and how they can contribute to solving mitigating or paliating diseases free text output free text annually annually the indicator describes the potential effect of new developments but it does not offer information on their actual effect on patients no ovseiko p v oancea a buchan a m 2012 assessing research impact in academic clinical medicine a study using research excellence framework pilot impact indicators  bmc health services research   12  1 123 see pp 1314 available at  https bmchealthservresbiomedcentralcom articles 1011861472696312478  this indicator complement the information provided by indicators new products and therapeutic advances  product and drug development 