Under the existing Medical Services Act the Department of Health only has jurisdiction over studies that directly involve the treatment of the ill using new medications, equipment and technologies, with the main focus on pharmaceuticals.
目前衛生署「醫療法」所能管轄的，只有真正觸及病人治療的部分──新藥、新醫療技術與新器材，其中又以新藥為最大宗。