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Alere

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Alere Inc., formerly Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., provides diagnostics and health management solutions. The Company’s products and services are focused on infectious disease, cardiology, oncology, drugs of abuse and women’s health. Its brands range from over-the-counter tests to lab-based diagnostics to integrated home monitoring solutions. The Company’s brands include Acceava Mono cassette, Alere Home Monitoring, AtheNA Multi-Lyte Test System, BinaxNOW, Cholestech LDX, Clearview iFOB Complete, Determine HBsAg, DoubleCheckGold and ImmunoComb. The Company has operations in North America, Europe and Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America and Africa.

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  Went public with stock symbol NYSE:ALR-B.
  Posted 2/18/11 at 6:37pm
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  Alere acquired Free & Clear for $130M. (9/22/09)
  Posted 9/24/09 at 2:39pm
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  Alere — closed senior secured credit facilities worth a total of $2.1 billion. (7/1/11)
  Posted 7/5/11 at 5:18am via masshightech.com
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  Alere — taking another $50 million swipe at buying back its stock (3/22/11)
  Posted 3/23/11 at 5:52am via masshightech.com
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  Alere — MHT's Emerging Technologies Forum: Health IT and the Cloud Health care industry eyes iPad Related News Deshpande Foundation puts $5M into Merrimack Valley Sandbox [December 9, 2010] Caliper buying optical imaging play CRi for $20M [December 9, (12/9/10)
  Posted 12/9/10 at 8:42am via masshightech.com
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  Alere — Alere looking for $350M from notes placement (9/14/10)
  Posted 9/14/10 at 6:28am via masshightech.com

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2. Alere looking for $350M from notes placement (masshightech.com) [edit]
3. Alere gets OK for $50M stock buyback (masshightech.com) [edit]
4. Alere board OKs another $50M stock buyback (masshightech.com) [edit]
5. Alere signs new $2B credit facility (masshightech.com) [edit]