Moreover, Taiwanese drug tests frequently involve generic drugs that have been used abroad for many years and for which the patents have now expired. In such cases, human trials are conducted just to demonstrate that the drug in question is effective on Taiwanese.
而且台灣藥廠很多是引進外國上市已久、專利期限已過的學名藥，做人體試驗只是要證明該藥對台灣人也有效，有時吃到的甚至只是作對照用的安慰劑，沒什麼問題。