Bayer Wins U.S. Court Dismissal of Claims Against Mirena IUD (2)

A U.S. judge rejected hundreds of injury claims against Bayer AG by women who said the company’s Mirena contraceptive causes a disease marked by increased spinal-fluid pressure in the skull.

The women can’t prove that a synthetic steroid in the intrauterine device is a cause of the illness, known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension, or IIH, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer ruled on June 11 in New York. The decision short-circuits lawsuits by 920 plaintiffs that Engelmayer is overseeing in his Manhattan court.

“Plaintiffs have not come forward with sufficient reliable, non-speculative evidence from which a reasonable fact-finder could determine, by ...