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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;16, 2008</B>
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  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
  UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>51 Sawyer Road, Suite&nbsp;200</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Waltham, Massachusetts 02453</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-3565120</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  </TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
  (Full title of the plan)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Ron Zwanziger<BR>
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President<BR>
  Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.<BR>
  51 Sawyer Road, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
  Waltham, Massachusetts 02453</B><BR>
  (Name and address of agent for service)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(781)&nbsp;647-3900</B><BR>
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">With a copy to:
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Jay McNamara, Esq.<BR>
  Senior Counsel, Corporate &#038; Finance<BR>
  Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.<BR>
  51 Sawyer Road, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
  Waltham, Massachusetts 02453<BR>
  (781)&nbsp;647-3900</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>securities to be</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registration</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered(1)</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>per share</B></TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock,
  $0.001 par value
  per share</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">496,057</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$29.86(2)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$14,812,262.02(2)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$582.12</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock,
  $0.001 par value
  per share</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,943</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$28.19(3)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$111,153.17(3)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4.37</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
  this registration statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of
  the registrant&#146;s common stock as may be required pursuant to the Inverness Medical
  Innovations, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, in the event of a stock
  dividend, stock split, split-up, recapitalization or other similar event.</TD>
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      <TD>This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended, solely for the purposes of determining the registration fee. The price per share
  and aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high and low prices of the
  registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the American Stock
  Exchange on July&nbsp;15, 2008.</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Determined pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.</TD>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
  (the &#147;Company&#148;) for the purpose of registering an additional 500,000 shares of common stock, par
  value $.001 per share, to be issued pursuant to the Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. 2001
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The contents of the Company&#146;s Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-74032) relating to the Plan are incorporated by
  reference into this Registration Statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8.
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the securities the Company is offering is being passed upon by Jay McNamara,
  Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate &#038; Finance, of the Company. Mr.&nbsp;McNamara owns an aggregate of
  approximately 2,934 shares of common stock of the Company, as well as options to purchase an
  additional 20,079 shares of common stock of the Company.
  </DIV>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top">*5.1</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq, Senior Counsel, Corporate &#038; Finance, of Inverness
  Medical Innovations, Inc.</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.1</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.2</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.3</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.4</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top">23.5</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate &#038; Finance, of Inverness
  Medical Innovations, Inc. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (contained in signature page)</DIV></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waltham, The Commonwealth
  of Massachusetts, on July&nbsp;16, 2008.
  </DIV>
  
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  <TR>
      <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>INVERNESS MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.</B><BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Ron Zwanziger
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Ron Zwanziger&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and
  appoints each of Ron Zwanziger and David Teitel as such person&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact
  and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person&#146;s
  name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
  post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (or any registration statement for the
  same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act
  of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
  therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact
  and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
  necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person
  might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and
  agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
  virtue hereof.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  </DIV>
  
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      <TD width="22%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ron Zwanziger
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, Chief Executive
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;16, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ron Zwanziger
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer and President</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Teitel&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;16, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David Teitel
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">and Principal Accounting</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Carol R. Goldberg&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;16, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Carol R. Goldberg</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert P. Khederian
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;16, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert P. Khederian</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John F. Levy
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;16, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John F. Levy</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jerry McAleer, Ph.D.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">July &#95;&#95;&#95;, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
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  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
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      <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="22%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John A Quelch
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;16, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John A. Quelch</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Scott
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;16, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David Scott, Ph.D.</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">July &#95;&#95;&#95;, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Peter Townsend</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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  </DIV>
  
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  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">*5.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq, Senior Counsel, Corporate &#038; Finance, of Inverness
  Medical Innovations, Inc.</DIV></TD>
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  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.2</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.3</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2008
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200
  Delaware
  Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
  04-3565120
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)
  (Zip Code)
  Identification No.)
  Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Ron Zwanziger
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
  Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
  51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200
  Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (781) 647-3900
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  With a copy to:
  Jay McNamara, Esq.
  Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance
  Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
  51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200
  Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
  (781) 647-3900
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of
  Amount
  Proposed maximum
  Proposed maximum
  Amount of
  securities to be
  to be
  offering price
  aggregate
  registration
  registered
  registered(1)
  per share
  offering price
  fee
  Common Stock,
  $0.001 par value
  per share
  496,057
  $29.86(2)
  $14,812,262.02(2)
  $582.12
  Common Stock,
  $0.001 par value
  per share
  3,943
  $28.19(3)
  $111,153.17(3)
  $4.37
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
  this registration statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of
  the registrant's common stock as may be required pursuant to the Inverness Medical
  Innovations, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, in the event of a stock
  dividend, stock split, split-up, recapitalization or other similar event.
  (2)
  This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended, solely for the purposes of determining the registration fee. The price per share
  and aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high and low prices of the
  registrant's common stock as reported on the American Stock
  Exchange on July 15, 2008.
  (3)
  Determined pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.
  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
  (the "Company") for the purpose of registering an additional 500,000 shares of common stock, par
  value $.001 per share, to be issued pursuant to the Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. 2001
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). The contents of the Company's Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-74032) relating to the Plan are incorporated by
  reference into this Registration Statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  The validity of the securities the Company is offering is being passed upon by Jay McNamara,
  Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, of the Company. Mr. McNamara owns an aggregate of
  approximately 2,934 shares of common stock of the Company, as well as options to purchase an
  additional 20,079 shares of common stock of the Company.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  *5.1
  —
  Opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq, Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, of Inverness
  Medical Innovations, Inc.
  *23.1
  —
  Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  *23.2
  —
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  *23.3
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  *23.4
  Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  23.5
  —
  Consent of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, of Inverness
  Medical Innovations, Inc. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  —
  Power of Attorney (contained in signature page)
  *
  Filed herewith.
  2
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waltham, The Commonwealth
  of Massachusetts, on July 16, 2008.
  INVERNESS MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Ron Zwanziger
  Ron Zwanziger
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and
  appoints each of Ron Zwanziger and David Teitel as such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
  and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person's
  name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
  post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (or any registration statement for the
  same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act
  of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
  therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact
  and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
  necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person
  might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and
  agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
  virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Ron Zwanziger
  Chairman, Chief Executive
  July 16, 2008
  Ron Zwanziger
  Officer and President
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ David Teitel
  Chief Financial Officer
  July 16, 2008
  David Teitel
  (Principal Financial Officer
  and Principal Accounting
  Officer)
  /s/ Carol R. Goldberg
  Director
  July 16, 2008
  Carol R. Goldberg
  /s/ Robert P. Khederian
  Director
  July 16, 2008
  Robert P. Khederian
  /s/ John F. Levy
  Director
  July 16, 2008
  John F. Levy
  Jerry McAleer, Ph.D.
  Director
  July ___, 2008
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ John A Quelch
  Director
  July 16, 2008
  John A. Quelch
  /s/ David Scott
  Director
  July 16, 2008
  David Scott, Ph.D.
  Director
  July ___, 2008
  Peter Townsend
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  *5.1
  —
  Opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq, Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, of Inverness
  Medical Innovations, Inc.
  *23.1
  —
  Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  *23.2
  —
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  *23.3
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  *23.4
  Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  23.5
  —
  Consent of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, of Inverness
  Medical Innovations, Inc. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  —
  Power of Attorney (contained in signature page)
  *
  Filed herewith.