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Form 4 ALERE INC. For: Aug 31 Filed by: Guerdan Melissa

September 2, 2015 4:52 PM EDT
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Guerdan Melissa
(Last) (First) (Middle)
51 SAWYER ROAD, SUITE 200
(Street)
WALTHAM MA 02453
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ALERE INC. [ ALR ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SVP, Global Quality & Reg.
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/31/2015
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 08/31/2015   M   8,333 A (1) 8,333 D  
Common Stock 08/31/2015   F   3,198 D $ 51.97 5,135 D  
Common Stock 09/01/2015 (3)   M   5,000 A $ 18.78 10,135 D  
Common Stock 09/01/2015 (3)   S   5,000 D $ 50.4825 5,135 D  
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units (1) 08/31/2015   M     8,333   (2)   (2) Common Stock 8,333 $ 0 16,667 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 18.78 09/01/2015 (3)   M     5,000   (4) 08/31/2022 Common Stock 5,000 (5) 4,555 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Alere common stock.
2. On August 31, 2014, the reporting person was granted 25,000 restricted stock units, which vest as follows: 8,333 on the first anniversary of the grant date (8/31/15); 8,333 on the second anniversary of the grant date (8/31/16); and 8,334 on the third anniversary of the grant date (8/31/17).
3. The transactions reported on this Form were made pursuant to a written 10b5-1 trading plan adopted in accordance with SEC Rule 10b5-1. Represents same day exercise and sale of stock options.
4. Option will vest in four equal installments on 8/31/13, 8/31/14, 8/31/15 and 8/31/16.
5. This derivative security does not have a price.
/s/ Douglas Barry, Attorney-in-Fact 09/02/2015
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                      FOR
                             SECTION 16(A) FILINGS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Douglas Barry and Ellen Chiniara, signing singly, the undersigned's only
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)   execute  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  undersigned,  in the undersigned's
      capacity  as  an  officer,  director and/or stockholder of Alere Inc. (the
      "Company"),  Forms  3,  4, and 5 and amendments thereto in accordance with
      Section  16(a)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934 and the rules
      thereunder;

(2)   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
      may  be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
      or 5 and any amendments thereto and timely file such forms with the United
      States  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  and  any  stock exchange or
      similar authority; and

(3)   take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion of such
      attorney-in-fact,  may  be  necessary  or desirable in connection with the
      foregoing  authority,  it  being understood that the documents executed by
      such  attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
      of  Attorney  shall  be  in  such  form  and  shall contain such terms and
      conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
      discretion.

The  undersigned  hereby  grants  to  each  such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to  do  and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary,  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could  do  if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such  attorney-in-fact,  or  such
attorney-in-fact's  substitute  or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done  by  virtue  of  this  Power  of  Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The  undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving  in  such  capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This  Power  of  Attorney  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect until the
undersigned  is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless  earlier  revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as
a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

      IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this August 27, 2015

                                     /s/ Melissa Guerdan
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Melissa Guerdan

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