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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - Healthcare company Bayer on Friday said it would discontinue the sale of its birth control product Essure in the United States, citing a decline in sales of the ...

FDA released new data on side effects of Essure birth control device Side effects included lower abdominal pain and abnormal uterine bleeding Women who used Essure had higher rates of surgical ...

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2004--Conceptus, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS) today provided an update on recent progress in obtaining positive third party payer coverage decisions for Essure(R).

Nine years ago, Angie Firmalino was implanted with a permanent contraceptive device called Essure. The procedure, she says, was "extremely painful," and the discomfort she felt even months later — ...

It’s the end of an era for Amanda Dykeman, one of the many women who has campaigned against the permanent contraceptive device Essure. Bayer, the device’s manufacturer, announced earlier this week ...

The Victorian Supreme Court recently dismissed a class action on behalf of more than 1,400 women who received Bayer's Essure contraceptive device. The decision attracted significant publicity, ...

Family planning can come with many questions, concerns and fears. Once a woman makes the personal decision to not or no longer have children, there are various types of birth control to consider and ...

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, ...

One night in April 2015, Keisha Carney tried to go to bed in spite of a bad toothache, which turned into an even worse headache — the kind that doesn’t let you sleep. “I couldn’t stand still. I was up ...