Essure® Ban Lifted by Brazil

Tighe Wilhelmy with Velawcity here to explain the decision on July 11th, 2017 by Brazil to lift the ban on Essure® device sales. This comes as a result of Bayer presenting documents that detailed test results sought by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa). Bayer® was initially unresponsive and thus, Brazil applied the ban.

In other international news for Essure®, 400 women are set to file a lawsuit in France during September against Bayer®. This is coupled with the discontinuation of Essure® device sales in Canada, Finland and The United Kingdom.

Essure has sold more than 1,000,000 devices worldwide.

Though according to Bayer’s® annual report, they face over 3,700 lawsuits and lost approximately $413 million dollars in revenue during 2016 because of the Essure® lawsuits. The birth control device’s side effects are said to include unwarranted pregnancies, chronic pain, uterus and fallopian tube perforations, device migration and more.

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