RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Essure, a popular form of birth control, was marketed in 2002 as a permanent birth control without surgery. But, according to the Food and Drug Administration, more than 4,700 ...

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 ...

Editor's Note: On Wednesday, Focus reported allegations raised by Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) during a press call that Bayer's permanent birth control device Essure is associated with far more ...

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.

Under the Affordable Care Act, many health insurance plans cover FDA-approved methods of birth control for women at no cost. In an ambulatory setting, the total cost of Essure procedures was found to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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*, ...