And the industry has still more products that regulate the body and mind in the pipeline. "The objectives of medical treatment have changed and the new market is booming," says Dr. Tony Wu of Cathay General Hospital's Department of Psychiatry. Wu says that medical technology has been at a loose end for the last ten years. Life expectancies are stagnating and many infectious diseases have been controlled.
「醫療目標已經轉向，新的市場方興未艾，」國泰醫院身心科醫師吳東庭表示，最近 10 年，醫療科技已面臨無須致力於對抗疫病、也很難再延長壽命的瓶頸，「提高人類生活品質」於是成了市場的希望所託。