The failure of biotech to achieve stellar growth is generally attributed mainly to the lack of a good legal framework and an unfavorable environment, and to a lack of creativity and innovation, i.e. biotech firms have long been run in the same way that contract electronics manufacturers are run.
之所以一直沒有大紅大紫、躍居主流產業，一般認為主要原因是，國內缺乏好的法規與環境，以及業者長期以電子業代工模式經營生技，缺乏發明與創新，以致於遲遲沒有「爆炸性」的產品問世。