An FDA advisory panel yesterday recommended that the agency limit the use of Bayer‘s (ETR:BAYN) Essure female sterilization device until more is known about its safety, after thousands of women reported serious health issues they attribute to the nickel-titanium implant. Essure, the only approved permanent birth control device in the U.S., is a small metal coil that […]
UPDATE: FDA panel inconclusive on power morcellators
An FDA panel convened last week to consider the use of a controversial procedure to remove uterine fibroids failed to come to a clear decision on the cancer risk from laparoscopic power morcellators, despite outraged testimony from dozens of attendees.
