At a conference at Academia Sinica a few years ago, an academician asked the question, "Why, after over a decade, does enterovirus vaccine research in Taiwan remain unsuccessful?"
徐堯煇說，前幾年中研院院士會議時，就有院士提出質疑：「為何經過十多年，我國腸病毒疫苗仍未研發成功？」