A California woman has filed a Mirena uterine perforation lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chelsea Dawn McClune claims to have suffered serious injuries caused by implementation of the device. According to the Mirena website, the device is the most prescribed IUD in the U.S. and is more than 99%... Read more »

When Essure hit the market 13 years ago, the contraceptive was considered a major innovation for women who didn’t want to have more children. However, thanks to serious side effects, similar to reported Mirena IUD complications, it is now under investigation by the FDA. Essure is manufactured by Bayer Healthcare... Read more »

A 26-year-old Oakland, CA woman has filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Sandra O. Rangel had the product inserted on May 11, 2012 and was forced to have it surgically removed just over one year later. Following the initial insertion of the device, her physician checked... Read more »

The Mirena inter-uterine device (IUD) is considered one of the best-selling birth control methods of its type. However, the device is not without complications, and thousands of women across the United States have raised claims against manufacturer Bayer Healthcare for failure to warn them of known, undisclosed risks. Accordingly, the... Read more »

Bellwether selection is underway in the coordination of Mirena IUD lawsuits in New Jersey State Court. Superior Court Judge Brian Martinotti, who oversees the multi-county litigation, has ordered parties involved in the coordination to select 14 cases to be prepared for a second round of early trials, known as bellwether... Read more »

A plaintiff has recently filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit in Massachusetts court over serious complications allegedly connected to the implantation of the popular birth control device. Lawyers for Carolyn Ferrara filed the case (# 3:15-cv-30045) on March 19 against Bayer Healthcare in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, Western... Read more »

Emerging research indicates that the Mirena IUD and other hormone-based birth control implants such as Nexplanon and Implanon can prevent pregnancy longer than expected, when left in the body longer than the FDA-duration. The findings published February 4 in the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology suggest that women were unable... Read more »

Mirena, a popular contraceptive, is one of only two hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Interesting in light of the recent reports of Mirena IUD organ perforation, a recent German study compared injuries between copper and hormone-releasing intrauterine devices. The study found no... Read more »

The Mirena IUD (intrauterine device) has proven exceptionally problematic for women across the United States. As such, its manufacturer Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is facing hundreds of lawsuits – worth millions of dollars – in courtrooms in several jurisdictions, all of which allege that the manufacturer knew or should have... Read more »

A lawsuit recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota represents another in the continuing deluge complaints related to the Mirena intrauterine contraceptive device. A likely candidate for tag-along status and transfer into the existing Mirena multidistrict litigation (MDL) underway in the Southern District of New... Read more »