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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Life sciences company Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) said on Friday 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 ...

A sterilisation implant used on the NHS has attracted "serious" safety concerns from health experts. The Essure device, manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Bayer, has already attracted huge ...

Mother-of-four Tanya Davidson struggled daily with pain from the contraceptive implants wreaking havoc in her body, but it was years before she discovered the pain was being triggered by a major ...

Bayer said today it will voluntarily discontinue sales of its controversial Essure permanent birth control implant in the United States at the end of this year, citing business reasons. In a statement ...

Essure birth control was first approved in 2002. — -- U.S. regulators said they would review a popular birth control implant device at a panel this week following multiple complaints. The implant ...