Item 8.01. Other Events.
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (the "Company") is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide the legal opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq., the Company's Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, relating to the Company's prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on December 10, 2008 (File No. 333-138919).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description 5.1 Opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, of the Company 23.1 Consent of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, of the Company (included in Exhibit 5.1)

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