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essure ban lifted by brazil
Ban on Essure devices in Brazil has been lifted.
Ban on Essure devices in Brazil has been lifted.
On July 11th, 2017, Brazil ruled to lift the ban on Essure 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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