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US regulators said they would review a popular birth control implant device at a panel this week following multiple complaints.

The FDA panel agreed that clinical trials had been troubled, because they were not random and did not include a control group. In addition to establishing a patients registry to elicit more information about possible complications from the use of Essure, some committee members...

Bayer Pharmaceutical sent KHOU 11 News a statement calling its device “safe and effective” adding Essure is “the only FDA-approved non-surgical permanent birth control method, is supported by more than a decade of science, with more than 10,000 women...

The device is inserted into the fallopian tubes, and after some time, tissue grows around it and blocks the way to prevent sperm cells from reaching the egg cell. He says they need to establishe what, if any relationship exists between the side effects patients are reporting and...