Bayer will discontinue the marketing and sales of the sterilization device Essure in all countries outside of the United States, the company announced on Monday. While a number of reports have linked ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The controversial birth control device Essure has been removed from the market in every country except the United States. Bayer, the manufacturer of Essure, has announced it’s ...

But it is business as usual in the U.S. for the device plagued by lawsuits and allegations of harm. The North American headquarters of Bayer Healthcare in Whippany, New Jersey. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

Conceptus announced that the U.S. FDA has approved inclusion of 10 years of data on Essure effectiveness in commercial settings in the Essure procedure U.S. Instructions for Use (IFU) and Patient ...

Ellen Hanrahan, a 36-year-old mother of two, was done having children. To make sure, she had tiny metal coils implanted inside her fallopian tubes, a relatively new form of permanent birth control ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), developer of the Essure ® procedure, the most effective non-surgical permanent birth control method available*, ...

The contraceptive device Essure did not directly cause chronic pelvic pain and abnormal uterine bleeding in women, a judge has found. Patrice Turner led the class action claiming women suffered harm ...

Essure began as an exciting new contraceptive option for women, but when adverse event reports began piling up, it became a focus of controversy and litigation. It has now been removed from the market ...