University Says Missouri Professor Stole — And Sold — A Grad Student's Work
The student's work allegedly led to a newly approved drug "expected to compete for a substantial portion of a multi-billion-dollar annual market," the University of Missouri system says.
A graduate student's innovative and potentially lucrative idea for getting drugs to the eye is at the center of a lawsuit filed by the University of Missouri system against a former pharmaceutical professor. The school says Ashim Mitra patented the student's idea and sold it in a deal that's potentially worth millions.
The lawsuit comes months after the Food and Drug Administration gave approval to a dry-eye drug called
