The National Development Fund has invested some NT $ 4.7 billion in 13 biotech firms since 1984, and losses have been staggering. Industry insiders reveal that Tain-jy Chen, who recently stepped down as head of the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD), on numerous occasions during his stint at the CEPD lamented that "the books are nothing but red ink."
1984 年迄今，國發基金前後投資了 13 家生技公司共約 47 億台幣，虧損之嚴重，據學界人士轉述，就連甫卸任的經建會主委陳添枝，也在任內多次發出「攤開帳簿都是一堆爛帳」的嘆息。