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 ...

Manufacturer Bayer has asked hospitals in the UK not to use the device during this time. Laura Linkson, who was fitted with the Essure device in 2013, said the pain left her suicidal. "The device ...

The device, a small coil called Essure, was implanted to prevent pregnancies. Manufacturer Bayer has already set aside more than $1.6bn (£1.2bn) to settle claims from almost 40,000 women in the US.

Bayer has issued a robust defence of Essure after the birth control implant was featured in The Bleeding Edge, a Netflix documentary about the medical devices industry. The German pharma company ...