Bayer Lost Bid to Remove Essure Suit to Federal Court
On May 20, Big Pharma/Life Sciences giant Bayer filed a motion in federal court in the Eastern District of Missouri. Its goal? Removal of a pending suit filed in state court in St. Louis over its “permanent” birth control device, Essure. Six days later, Judge Carol E. Jackson of the Eastern District of Missouri handed down her decision on the removal request. Bayer lost bid to remove Essure suit to federal court. The judge, in effect, said that the suit was perfectly situated in the state court.