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 ...
Essure birth control was first approved in 2002. — -- U.S. regulators said they would review a popular birth control implant device at a panel this week following multiple complaints. The implant ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The FDA slapped new restrictions on the sale of a controversial birth control device on Monday. The agency said some women aren't being properly informed of the risks of Essure ...
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.
What if you could achieve a permanent method of birth control with little more hassle than a routine Pap smear? No incisions. No burning. No anesthesia. No hormones. No recovery time. And 99.74 ...
Dr. Charles Miller, of Chicago, Ill., holds a coil device that is implanted in a woman’s fallopian tubes to form scar tissue which eventually blocks fertilization. Mct file photo Carol Caruso, 37, of ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), developer of the Essure ® procedure, the most effective non-surgical permanent birth control method available*, ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 7, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), developer of the Essure (R) procedure, the first proven non-surgical permanent birth control method available, ...
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Conceptus gained 21 percent to $12.73 after it obtained a category 1 CPT code for its Essure birth control procedure from the American Medical Association, which could ...
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Co announces the approval of its third generation Essure permanent birth control system by the FDA. System modifications include changes to the delivery system that reduce the number of steps a ...
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