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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article has been updated with more information presented by FDA in a press call Monday and the release of the draft guidance referenced in FDA's announcement. After months of deliberation, the US ...

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 ...

Since it was approved to go on the market in 2002, Essure, an implantable permanent contraceptive device, has been plagued by controversy. Thousands of women have filed grievances with the US Food and ...

A Food and Drug Administration analysis found a sharp increase in reports from women about bad reactions to the sterility device called Essure, including persistent pelvic and abdominal pain. Data ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved Bayer’s updated postmarket surveillance study plan for its permanent birth control device Essure, which has been linked to four adult ...

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 coils ...

Family planning can come with many questions, concerns and fears. Once a woman makes the personal decision to not or no longer have children, there are various types of birth control to consider and ...

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 ...