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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 ...

Thousands of women have complained to FDA about abdominal pain, headaches, and other complications after having the Essure coils implanted in their fallopian tubes. Qmed Staff U.S. FDA's Obstetrics ...

Federal health regulators plan to warn consumers more strongly about Essure, a contraceptive implant that has drawn thousands of complaints from women reporting chronic pain, bleeding and other health ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota women are among thousands nationwide who say they they've suffered serious complications because of a popular birth control device. And a Minnesota expert tells KARE 11 that ...

Yesterday, the FDA announced that Essure, a popular sterilization implant, could have serious side effects and ordered Bayer to conduct new safety trials on the device. In addition, the FDA drafted a ...

Last month, the FDA scheduled a September panel meeting to take a hard look at Bayer's controversial birth control device, Essure, after getting complaints of clinical trial fraud and serious side ...

At the request of the Food and Drug Administration, Leverkusen, Germany-based Bayer will now add a box warning and patient decision checklist to the label of its permanent birth control device Essure.

More than 1,400 women have lost a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Bayer, with a Victorian judge rejecting ...