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BOSTON — German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has opened a $140 million research and innovation center within Kendall Square, located on the Boston-Cambridge border. About 100 employees will work at the two-story, 61,200-square-foot facility, which houses a molecular oncology research center with labs and offices. In addition, the center employs a newly established research team focused on leveraging chemical biology techniques to further propel the company’s oncology drug development process.