Riata's survival rates called "significantly worse" in an independent study, DePuy may be showing its hand in defending its recalled metal-on-metal hips ahead of court hearings and Covidien denies a widely disseminated rumor that it cut 200 workers to offset the cost of the medical device tax.

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