The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it plans to make an announcement on the birth control device Essure in February 2016, after the agency completes a "high priority" review of the device's ...

Essure, which has been on the market since 2002, has long been touted as a safe and noninvasive alternative to tubal ligation. Rather than full surgery, Essure is a small coil designed to be inserted ...

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, ...

Bayer will pay $1.6 billion to settle lawsuits from thousands of American women who said they developed debilitating long-term health problems from the pharmaceutical giant’s product, the Essure birth ...