Hundreds of people have sent comments to FDA petitioning against Bayer HealthCare's Essure permanent birth control system. Most of the comments are from women who were implanted with Essure and allege ...

Angie Derry knew that her Essure implants were designed to remain inside her body forever. But two years after a doctor inserted the tiny coils into her fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy, the ...

A postmarket surveillance study has linked Bayer’s Essure birth-control implant to a numerically higher rate of some safety outcomes than laparoscopic tubal sterilization (LTS). The latest interim ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday slapped restrictions on the sale of Bayer AG's implanted birth control device Essure, two years after the agency put a severe warning ...

The FDA first announced their intention to provide a safety update about Essure late yesterday evening. Today's much anticipated report comes on the heals of a private citizen petition that raised ...

Last year, drugmaker Bayer announced that it would discontinue sales of the controversial birth control device Essure outside of the U.S. And now Bayer says it will also stop selling Essure within the ...

Even though it's no longer on the market, new data has emerged around potential side effects of the permanent birth control device Essure. The device, pulled from the US market two years ago amid ...

Editor's Note: On Wednesday, Focus reported allegations raised by Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) during a press call that Bayer's permanent birth control device Essure is associated with far more ...

The Essure system, now owned by Bayer after it acquired Conceptus in 2013, is intended to provide non-surgical permanent birth control. The Essure nickel-titanium alloy inserts, which look like small ...

NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - Healthcare company Bayer on Friday said it would discontinue the sale of its birth control product Essure in the United States, citing a decline in sales of the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- A local congressman says the FDA grossly underestimated the harm caused by a contraceptive device. And he alleges the maker paid doctors kickbacks to recommend the device to ...

Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, the maker of the permanent contraceptive implant Essure subject to thousands of injury reports from women and repeated safety restrictions by U.S. regulators, says it ...