Bayer failed to report thousands of complaints of injuries allegedly caused by its Essure contraception device, according to newly unsealed documents.

Bayer said it will pay $1.6 billion to settle claims that its birth-control device Essure causes serious health complications, the latest in a string of settlements by the German company.

The U.S. lawsuit related to Bayer’s Essure, a permanent device, resulted in a $1.6 billion out-of-court settlement in 2020.

Conceptus also updated the progress of its launch of Essure in the U.S., saying that it has held training sessions in several cities, and that it's on track to have up to 700 physicians certified ...

When Alyson Hannan, 44, decided she was done having children, she chose Essure, a nonsurgical permanent birth control option approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The day the tiny metal ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Cassandra Hardy says she had an Essure device implanted in her fallopian tubes in 2011 so she wouldn't get pregnant again. Two years later, the 29-year-old says, she was ...

Bayer, the company that manufactured and marketed the dangerous birth-control device Essure, is looking more and more like a bad actor as the facts unfold. The target of lawsuits filed on behalf ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Thousands of women want Essure Birth Control taken off the market. They say, the FDA-approved Essure is making them sick. It's supposed to be an easy, non-surgical alternative ...

Bayer AG is in talks to resolve thousands of lawsuits that claim its Essure contraception device failed to prevent pregnancy or injured women, company officials said.The company has reserved 1.25 ...

Bayer announced Friday 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 ...

The FDA is also ordering a new "black box warning" for Essure, a label they reserve for products that is "designed to call attention to serious or life-threatening risks". Right now, Essure is the ...

More complaints linked to the birth control device Essure, including reports of the device breaking into pieces inside the body has been uncovered, according to WATE 6 On Your Side's sister ...