1. Covidien

Covidien, based in Ireland, is a large hospital supplier of myriad medical devices such as surgicals staples, ventilation, pulse oximetry, remote monitoring and peripheral vascular prodcuts.

In the last five years, the company has reduced headcount by 3,200 employees, that lowered its overall employment to 38,500 as of 2013. Most of that came from the spinning out of the pharmaceuticals unit, Mallinckrodt. 

Source: EvaluateMedTech
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