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 ...

More than 1,400 women have lost a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Bayer, with a Victorian judge rejecting their claims that a female contraceptive device caused major health ...

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.

"While all birth-control products and procedures have risks, the totality of scientific evidence on Essure demonstrates that the benefit-risk profile is positive," it said. The claimants would ...

A Melbourne court has been told a radical birth control procedure caused so much ... A class action has been launched against the Essure device manufacturer Bayer, which says it will vigorously ...