The University of Missouri is accusing a pharmacy professor of stealing and selling a student's research that the school says could become a billion-dollar drug.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The University of Missouri is accusing a pharmacy professor of stealing and selling a student’s research that the school says could become a billion-dollar drug.reports that the university filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Ashim Mitra improperly made $1.5 million from selling former graduate student Kishore Cholkar’s research.
The lawsuit says Mitra could potentially earn $10 million more in royalties over the next five years.The lawsuit says the money belongs to the university because Cholkar conducted his research while employed as a graduate research assistant at the Kansas City campus.in the past of coercing graduate students from India into performing personal favors, such as cleaning his basement.
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