The DOH has therefore been working since 1999 to improve the standard of clinical testing in Taiwan, encourage more transnational drug companies to establish their Asia-Pacific clinical testing centers here, and bring in more advanced pharmaceuticals research and development. Over the last eight years, it has helped 20 hospitals establish what it calls General Clinical Research Centers to encourage medical professionals and drug companies to work together on drug trials.
為了提升我國臨床試驗的水準，吸引更多跨國藥廠以台灣為亞太臨床基地，將先進的藥品研發帶進台灣，衛生署從 1999 年開始，先後輔導 20 家醫院建置「新藥臨床試驗中心」（GCRC），獎勵醫事人員與藥廠合作，從事臨床研究。