Washington Day 2: Advocates fight for health safety of ALL consumers
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 – The Essure Problems advocacy group met with both members of Congress and members of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today in Washington, D.C. In the last two...
In Washington: Advocates push for support of Ariel Grace’s Law
Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 – Advocates from the Essure Problems Facebook page are in Washington, D.C. this week meeting with members of Congress and lobbying for the passage of two...
Essure advocates in Washington, D.C. this week to lobby for Ariel Grace’s Law
Sept. 12, 2016 -- “E-sisters,” the name coined for the women who have been adversely affected by the Essure permanent birth control device, will have their day in D.C. this week....
New FDA safety communication highlights why power morcellators should not be used in hysterectomies
Sept. 8, 2016 – San Diego, CA Some of the tests physicians rely on to screen for ovarian cancer in women may not be accurate enough to use, the Food...
FDA OKs Bayer’s mandatory safety study on Essure
Sept. 7, 2016 – San Diego, CA The Food and Drug Administration on Friday signed off on Bayer’s mandatory post-market surveillance study to test the safety and efficacy of its...
NJ judge dismisses 2 talc cancer lawsuits
Sept. 6, 2016 – San Diego, CA A judge in Atlantic County, NJ dismissed two talcum powder lawsuits on Sept. 2, citing insufficient medical evidence linking baby powder and ovarian...
Essure claim passes preemption test, proceeds in Idaho federal court
Sept. 5, 2016 – San Diego, CA — Another lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare regarding its permanent sterilization device Essure escaped federal preemption and is allowed to move forward on one claim, an...
Power morcellator use down 80% since FDA’s safety warning, new study finds
Aug. 29, 2016 – San Diego, CA The use of power morcellators has gone down since the Food and Drug Administration recommended against using them during hysterectomies in 2014, a...
Essure is 2nd-most effective birth control, says FDA
Aug. 19, 2016 – San Diego, CA In an email blast today, the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Women’s Health ranked Essure as the second-best birth control method in...
Ky. Attorney General sues J&J over Transvaginal Mesh
Aug. 18, 2016 – San Diego, CA Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear announced Tuesday, Aug. 16 he had filed suit against Johnson & Johnson and its medical device unit Ethicon, alleging...
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