German pharmaceutical company Bayer might soon be the center of an impending scandal.
Researchers at Copenhagen-based hospital Rigshospitalet have documented a clear link between the drug Androcur (cyproterone acetate) from Bayer and a serious type of cancerous brain tumor known as meningioma, which are potentially lethal tumors in the brain membrane that usually require surgical removal.
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