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High Court Verdict for Bayer Employee Damage Suit Set for Sept. 7, Settlement Eyed Too
The first appeal trial was held in a damage suit filed by a Bayer Yakuhin employee involved in the company’s Xarelto (rivaroxaban) survey scandal, with the Tokyo High Court setting the verdict date for September 7. It was also decided…
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