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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are reviewing the safety of an implantable contraception device after receiving reports of unusual side effects from patients, including fatigue, depression ...

In the latest update in the years-long investigation into the safety of Bayer’s permanent birth control device Essure, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said that nearly all unused ...

The Victorian Supreme Court recently dismissed a class action on behalf of more than 1,400 women who received Bayer’s Essure contraceptive device. The decision attracted significant publicity, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday finalized its guidance requiring a boxed warning and patient decision checklist for Bayer's permanent implantable ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday said it would require Bayer to restrict sales of its Essure birth control implant to medical practices like doctors’ offices that agree to fully ...

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.

Women implanted with the permanent contraception device Essure were 10 times more likely to require post-procedure surgery to fix problems than those who underwent laparoscopic sterilization, a new ...

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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer said Friday that it will halt sales of its controversial Essure birth-control ...