Last month, it looked like the thousands of women who have suffered detrimental side effects from the birth control device "Essure" were finally being heard. After receiving a thousands of complaints ...

Bayer will pay about $1.6 billion and settle nearly all of the U.S. lawsuits that, over several years, have claimed the company’s Essure birth control implant caused serious injuries. The German ...

On September 24, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) convened a public advisory committee meeting to discuss safety concerns about the Essure – a permanent birth control device that is implanted in ...

A 13-year-old birth control implant came under new scrutiny Thursday as federal health experts discussed a host of problems reported by women implanted with the metallic device, including chronic pain ...

LEVERKUSEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bayer announced today that it has reached agreements with plaintiff law firms to resolve approximately 90% of the nearly 39,000 total filed and unfiled U.S.

Litigation involving the permanent sterilization device Essure is costing its maker, the multinational conglomerate Bayer AG. In 2016, Germany-based Bayer incurred impairment losses of $413 million in ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials on Monday placed new restrictions on a permanent contraceptive implant that has been subject to reports of painful complications from thousands of women. But the ...

Bayer AG and plaintiffs lawyers reached a proposed $1.6 billion settlement agreement to resolve U.S. injury claims involving its female sterilization device Essure. The draft settlement covers all ...

Undergoing female sterilisation may feel like the perfect solution for women who know they don’t want children, but a common method used by doctors in the UK has come under increasing scrutiny, both ...

A US Congressman says a controversial birth control device has caused hundreds more fetal deaths than the FDA has publicly reported. For years, the 7 Investigators have been exposing the health ...

WASHINGTON — In June, it looked like the thousands of women who have suffered detrimental side effects from the birth control device “Essure” were finally being heard. After receiving thousands of ...