For Taiwan to produce taxol on a commercial scale from cultured yew cells "will probably take another three to five years," says UCL program director Li Lian-tzu. To exploit Taiwan's lead and enable the program to be transferred to the private sector as soon as possible, researchers from two private pharmaceutical companies are already participating in the ITRI's research.
台灣要符合生產規模，並製成藥劑，「預估還有三、五年」，化工所計畫主持人李連滋表示，為取得先機，早日移轉民間，目前已有兩家民間藥廠研究人員加入工研院的研究。