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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): January 11, 2010
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   001-16789   04-3565120
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission file number)   (IRS Employer
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
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD disclosure.
On January 11, 2010, Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (the “Company”) and Dr. Young Shik Cho jointly issued a press release in South Korea entitled “Dr. Young Shik Cho and IMI jointly announces a plan to acquire a majority equity interest in Standard Diagnostics (SD),” a copy of which is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
99.1*
  Press Release dated January 11, 2010, entitled “Dr. Young Shik Cho and IMI jointly announces a plan to acquire a majority equity interest in Standard Diagnostics (SD)”
 
*   — 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.
         
  INVERNESS MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.
 
 
  BY:   /s/ Jay McNamara    
    Jay McNamara   
    Senior Counsel — Corporate & Finance   
 
Dated: January 13, 2010

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
99.1*
  Press Release dated January 11, 2010, entitled “Dr. Young Shik Cho and IMI jointly announces a plan to acquire a majority equity interest in Standard Diagnostics (SD)”
 
*   — furnished herewith