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Employee Sues Bayer Japan for Emotional Distress over Xarelto Scandal
An employee of Bayer AG’s Japan pharma arm who blew the whistle on a scandal involving Xarelto (rivaroxaban) has filed an 88 million yen damage suit against the company, claiming that he suffered emotional distress as he was forced to…
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