A German newspaper reports that healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is recalling another of its metal-on-metal hip implants.

International reports today suggest that healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) recalled its Adept hip replacement system, another in its line of troubled metal-on-metal hip implants.

German newspaper Handelsblatt reported that thousands more hip implants were recalled after the Adept systems showed a failure rate of 12% after 7 years, according to the Associated Press.