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AlereInc.wasaglobalmanufacturerofrapidpoint-of-carediagnostictests.Thecompanywasfoundedin1991andwasheadquarteredinWaltham, ...

Alere Inc. was a global manufacturer of rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. The company was founded in 1991 and was headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.[2][3] As of January 2017, the company had a market capitalization of $3.47 billion with an enterprise value of $5.9 billion.[1] The company was formerly known as Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. and changed its name to Alere Inc. in 2010.[2]

The company was founded in 1991 by Ron Zwanziger under the name SelfCare, which went public in 1996. The company changed its name from SelfCare to Inverness Medical Technology (IMT) in 2000. One year later, it sold its diabetes business to Johnson & Johnson, and split off a new company called Inverness Medical Innovations. That company subsequently expanded its business by acquiring many companies, including Unipath, Clondiag, Ionian Technologies, TwistDx, Wampole Laboratories, Ostex...