The team behind “The Bleeding Edge,” the Netflix exposé on questionable practices in the medical-device industry, have issued a response to criticisms about the film’s alleged inaccuracies leveled by Bayer, the multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical giant.“We are not surprised that Bayer has attacked our film, which reveals the serious complications caused by its flawed implantable birth control device Essure,” the filmmakers said in a statement.
“Bayer has a long history of maligning critics of Essure rather than addressing the harms it has caused to tens of thousands of women.”“The Bleeding Edge,” which debuted on Netflix worldwide on July 27, comes from from documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering (whose previous credits include “The Invisible War” and “The Hunting Ground”).
The statement on Bayer was from Dick, Ziering, producer Amy Herdy, and the rest of the filmmaking team.Bayer last week accused the film of presenting “an inaccurate and misleading” portrayal of Essure,
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