Unicorns transforming the practice of urology: value creation and allocation in the digital age.

Journal: World journal of urology
Published Date: Jul 16, 2025

Abstract

PURPOSE: To analyze what kind of products and services unicorns, which create a substantial financial value, provide in urology and what this means for the future of urological practice. So far, the added value of unicorns has hardly been utilised for medical research, although a fraction of it would be enough to multiply the funds for urological research.

Authors

  • Philipp Erben
    Department of Urology and Urosurgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Theodor-Kutzer Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany. Philipp.Erben@medma.uni-heidelberg.de.
  • Severin Rodler
    Department of Urology, Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, Germany.
  • Amin T Turki
    Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, West-German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, Germany.
  • Ulrich Witzsch
    Chair of Workgroup on IT and Documentation in Urology, German Society for Urology, Dusseldorf, Germany.
  • Christian Thielscher
    Competence Center for Medical Economics, FOM University, Essen, Germany.

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