The US Food and Drug Administration just announced that they will be holding a public meeting of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel on September 24 th in order to discuss “the safety and ...

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2004--Conceptus, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPTS) announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the Final Rule for the 2005 ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 13, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), developer of the Essure (R) procedure, the most effective non-surgical permanent birth control method available, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responding to a Channel 4 Action News investigation into a controversial birth control procedure.Thousands of women around the country have complained about ...

The threat of a hunger strike against the Food and Drug Administration, a Facebook page titled “Essure Problems Lawsuit” and a congressional bill calling for a recall of the female contraceptive ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS),developer of the Essure® procedure, the most effective non-surgical permanent birth control method available, ...

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, ...

At Bayer, our mission is to create medicines and devices that help people. We have great sympathy for anyone who is experiencing pain, regardless of the cause. We have also read the stories from women ...

A breakthrough contraceptive implant made its way on the market more than 10 years ago. Thirteen years later, thousands of women want Essure to go, the New York Times reported. Essure, manufactured by ...

ATLANTA — A federal lawmaker is working on legislation that would allow women to sue a birth control manufacturer. Two years ago, Channel 2 Action News first investigated complaints about the ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- No surgery, a faster recovery; thousands of women thought Essure was the perfect solution to a permanent birth control. But more and more women say the implant was a big mistake ...

Ellen Hanrahan plays with her 2-year-old daughter, Leena Hanrahan, in their home in Prophetstown, Ill. In 2012 Hanrahan gave birth to Leena, despite undergoing a permanent sterilization procedure ...