Tseng Min-chieh, executive director of the Taiwan Foundation for Rare Disorders, points out that although about 3,000 people in Taiwan suffer from these disorders, only about 5 % of them can be treated with orphan drugs; the remaining 95 % receive no drugs.
中華民國罕見疾病基金會執行長曾敏傑指出，台灣各種罕病人口約 3,000 人，但其中只有 5％的人有孤兒藥可救治，其餘 95％仍處於束手無策、根本沒藥醫治的狀態。