FDA Investigating Attorney, Physician Beefs With Bayer’s Essure PMA
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA is investigating claims in a Citizen’s Petition by plaintiff’s attorneys that patients’ responses to the Essure permanent birth control device were tampered with in the pivotal trial, and two gynecologists' complaints of inflated marketing.
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