- Current report filing (8-K)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 16, 2010

Alere Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-16789	04-3565120
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission file number)	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)

51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 647-3900

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

Alere Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide the legal opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq., the Company’s Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, relating to the Company’s prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on June 30, 2010 (File No. 333-158542).

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

5.1		Opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, of the Company

23.1		Consent of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, of the Company
		(included in Exhibit 5.1)


*		furnished herewith

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.