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VIDEO: Bayer to no longer sell permanent birth control implant Essure
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  • July 26, 2018

Bayer to no longer sell permanent birth control implant Essure

The contraceptive, which has courted controversy for years, will no longer be sold or distributed by Bayer Pharmaceuticals at the end of this year.

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