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• Lawsuit Claims Essure Birth Control Implant Fractured, Punctured Woman’s Internal Organs

  September 29, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  An Essure lawsuit claims the birth control device, broke, migrated out of position, and punctured organs and caused infections in an Alabama woman.

• New Data Shows 10% Of Bayer Essure Birth Control Removals May Result In Complications

  September 16, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  New FDA data suggests 10% of all Essure removal procedures results in complications such as device breakage and organ perforation.

• Essure Birth Control Settlement To Result in $1.6 Billion in Compensation For Women

  August 21, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  An Essure settlement agreement for $1.6 billion would resolve most of the lawsuits against Bayer over injuries caused by the now-defunct birth control implant.

• Essure Settlement Negotiations Lead Bayer To Set Aside $1.4 Billion

  August 5, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  Bayer has announced it set aside $1.4 billion to resolve tens of thousands of Essure birth control implant lawsuits.

• Essure Complaints Involving Pain, Bleeding, Organ Perforation and Other Problems Withheld from FDA: Lawsuit

  July 15, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  Newly revealed court documients suggest Bayer withheld thousands of Essure injury reports from federal regulators.

• Interim Essure Study Shows More Than 1-in-5 Women Suffer Allergic or Hypersensitivity Reactions: FDA

  July 9, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA has released interim results of an ongoing Essure study, which links the now-defunct birth control device to high rates of allergic reactions, bleeding, and abdominal pain.

• Problems With Essure Permanent Birth Control Coils To Be Provided to FDA By Bayer, and Made Publicly Available

  April 27, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA is giving Bayer one year to submit Essure adverse event reports after the company notified the agency of new problems being reported on social media.

• Essure Device Removed Entirely From Market, With 99% of Unused Birth Control Implants Retrieved: FDA

  January 13, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA says Bayer has collected almost all Essure devices from the market, and has finished enrollment in a study to examine the birth control implant's long-term effects.

• Essure Device Lawsuits To Proceed in Indiana State Court

  January 6, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  An Indiana Appeals Court has cleared the way for Essure lawsuits in that state to proceed, rejecting a motion by Bayer to have the cases dismissed.

• Essure Removed in 85% of FDA Adverse Event Reports Submitted in 2017 and 2018

  November 5, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA reports that 85% of women who report suffering Essure complications decide to have the birth control implant removed.