Essure | Reuters | Tom Sims | August 20, 2020 "FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German drugs and pesticides group Bayer (BAYGn.DE) said on Thursday it will pay around $1.6 billion to settle the majority of U.S. claims involving its Essure birth-control device. The agreement follows a $10.9 billion settlement...
Published by THE NY TIMES By Sheila Kaplan Jul 20, 2018 -- Bayer announced on Friday that it would discontinue sales of its Essure birth control implant by the end of the year, bowing to a lengthy campaign by health advocates and thousands of women to get the device off...
Published by CBS BOSTON, CNN By Susan Scutti, CNN July 23, 2018 at 12:09 pm -- (CNN) — Bayer will no longer distribute or sell the Essure permanent birth control device in the United States after December 31, the company said Friday. Essure, the only non-surgical permanent form of...
Published by FORBES By Tara Haelle - Contributor Jul 27, 2018, 05:50am -- It’s the end of an era for Amanda Dykeman, one of the many women who has campaigned against the permanent contraceptive device Essure. Bayer, the device’s manufacturer, announced earlier this week that they will no longer sell or...
Published by CNN By Elizabeth Cohen and Aaron Kessler, CNN Updated 8:07 AM ET, Fri July 27, 2018 -- Petersburg, Indiana (CNN)When Christina Potts was looking for permanent birth control, she said, her doctor was a "cheerleader" for one option and one option only: Essure. Potts says the device, which is implanted in...
We are glad to have learned that Bayer will be removing the Essure device from the market in Finland, the Netherlands, and now the United Kingdom. We sincerely hope that the United States is soon to follow. Contact Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane today. We are...
Fight for Essure Removal from Marketplace: After numerous deaths, injuries, and a petition signed by more than 2,100 women, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is finally taking action against contraceptive device, Essure. The FDA announced in March of 2015 that it will start an...
Essure Problems | The Essure method of permanent sterilization was first approved in 2002 and apparently offered many more advantages than tubal ligation. 15 years later, things have not gone as planned References to Silvia Laboreo's publication, "The Terrible Effects Hidden by the 'Most Effective Contraceptive...
Leslie welcomes this opportunity to warn women that Essure side effects can mimic menopause. And after she had a total hysterectomy, her gynecologist believes that the permanent birth control device is not safe. Leslie’s gynecologist recommended Essure as a safe alternative to getting her tubes tied....
Essure Surveillance Study Approved Finally, Bayer’s Essure permanent contraceptive device will be put to the test to see how safe (or dangerous) it really is. On Friday, The Food and Drug Administration approved the new post-market surveillance study plan submitted by Bayer on its Essure Permanent contraceptive...