Collaboration between business, medicine may save glaucoma patients from blindness

Last week, the school announced it had entered into a licensing agreement with a new biotech company, OcuTherix, Inc. to continue developing the product. Dr. Malik Kahook, a professor and researcher in the department of opthalmology who first came up with the idea to use sonic energy to help drain fluid from the eye several years ago, said he is hopeful the treatment could be in widespread use within three years.