Steep drop in medical device reports on Bayer's Essure in 2021, FDA data show

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via FDA has presented more data on problems related to Bayer’s Essure birth control device, including an analysis of the medical device reports it received in 2021. he agency received 3,701 reports related to Essure last year. That figure is well down on the two prior years, when FDA received more than 30,000 reports in total. The percentage of reports citing litigation fell from over 90% to 63%. The decline comes as FDA data released last month showed more patients had the devices removed.

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