Alere to Attend the J.P. Morgan Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference on February 28, 2011

WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alere Inc. (NYSE: ALR), a global leader in enabling individuals to take charge of their health at home through the merger of rapid diagnostics and health management, announced today that it will attend the J.P. Morgan Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference being held February 28 – March 2, 2011 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, Florida.  Jon Russell, Vice President, Finance, will attend the conference on February 28 and March 1.  His presentation is scheduled for Monday, February 28 at 5:20 p.m.

By developing new capabilities in near-patient diagnosis, monitoring and health management, Alere enables individuals to take charge of improving their health and quality of life at home.  Alere's global leading products and services, as well as its new product development efforts, focus on infectious disease, cardiology, oncology, drugs of abuse and women's health.  Alere is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

SOURCE Alere Inc.