BNET Industries
Market Cap:$3.2B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$839.5M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. is a major global developer, manufacturer and marketer of advanced, pioneering consumer and professional medical diagnostic products. A leading supplier of consumer pregnancy and fertility/ovulation tests and rapid point-of-care diagnostics, Inverness Medical Innovations is committed to advancing health and creating shareholder value through a continuing flow of innovative new products brought about by our strong investment in R&D and intellectual property. Latest areas of focus are in the application of patented technologies to products in consumer and professional diagnostics, principally in the fields of Cardiology, Women's Health, and Infectious Diseases. Inverness Medical Innovations also manufactures and markets a wide variety of vitamins and nutritional supplements. With major Research & Development facilities based in the US, UK, Germany and Israel, and manufacturing sites in the UK, China, Japan and the US, Inverness Medical Innovations is truly global in scope.
Chief Executive Officer
Ron ZwanzigerNumber of Employees 8,300
Contact Information
51 Sawyer Rd Ste 200
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
(781) 647-3900
Peer Companies
NAICS Code In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing: 325413
Recent Events
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Surging flu revenue helps Inverness post 3Q profit
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Canaccord Adams Raises Price Target On Inverness Medical IMA to $49, Citing Pima System
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Inverness Medical Innovations to acquire Free & Clear
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Inverness Medical Innovations Declares Dividend on its Series B Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stoc
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Inverness completes Concateno acquisition
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Inverness closes Concateno deal, raises $150M in debt offering
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Inverness Medical Innovations Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results
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Inverness Medical Innovations Proposes to Acquire Concateno plc
News & Analysis
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Inverness Medical Innovations: Significant Market Share Gains Ahead?
Vahan Janjigian Forbes submits: Inverness Medical Innovations IMA develops advanced professional and consumer medical diagnostic products focused on cardiology, women’s health, infectious disease, oncology and drugs of abuse. The company also provides specialized health management services in the areas of wellness, disease management, oncology, and women and children’s health.The...
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions We’ll pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from the line of Erik Schneider with UBS. Ron Zwanziger Erik. Erik Schneider - UBS All right. Good morning. Was the 6% number for the -- or since the organic...
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. IMA Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript July 28, 2009 10:00 am ET
Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Erik Schneider - UBS. Erik Schneider - UBS Hi, good morning. I think just two quick questions, one on the Abaxis royalty; did it flow through the revenue component for license and royalties? Did you sign any...
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And your first question comes from the line of Brooks O’Neil . Brooks O’Neil – Dougherty & Company Hi. This is Brooks O’Neil with Dougherty & Company. Good morning, and congratulations on the good quarter. Ron, thank you very much for your comments on integration...
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call ExcerptInverness Medical Innovations, Inc. IMA Q3 2008 Earnings Call October 29, 2008 10:00 a.m. ET Executives Ron Zwanziger – Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President David Teitel – Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer Doug Guarino – Director of Corporate Relations Analysts Greg...
Hedge Fund Tracking: Tremblant Capital
Market Folly submits: Four times a year, hedge funds & asset managers with > $100 million AUM assets under management are required to report to the SEC their holdings from the previous quarter. I check these 13F filings quarterly just to get a sense as to where these funds are...
Inverness Medical Innovation Q2 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions Our first question is coming from Greg Simpson of Stifel Nicholas. Greg Simpson – Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc. Thanks. Good morning guys. Congratulations on the quarter. Let me focus on disease management and Matria specifically. Dave, first...
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Bruce Cranna - Leerink Swann. Bruce Cranna - Leerink Swann Dave, the revenue piece, I understand the breakup professional and disease management I think you said in nutritional $20.5, royalty $10.9. So consumer was $36...
Federman & Sherwood Announces That a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. (AMEX: IMA)
On April 10, 2008, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. (AMEX: IMA). The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10b and 20a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron Zwanziger | Chief Executive Officer |
| David Scott | Director, Chief Scientific Officer |
| David Teitel | Chief Financial Officer |
| Jack B Wilkens | Executive Vice President of Consumer Diagnostics |
| Paul T. Hempel | Senior Vice President, Leadership Development and Legal Affairs |
| David Walton | Vice President, Asia, Pacific |
| Douglas Shaffer | Vice President, US Operations |
| Emanuel Hart | Vice President, Latin America, Africa & Russia |
| Geoffrey Jenkins | Vice President, Worldwide Operations |
| Hilde Eylenbosch | Vice President |
| Jerry McAleer | Vice President, Research and Development |
| John Bridgen | Vice President, Business Development |
| Jon Russell | Vice President, Finance |
| Michael K Bresson | Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Steve Ferullo | Vice President, US Sales |
| Rajesh Alva | Managing Director |
| Norman Moore | Director of Clinical Affairs |
| Preston Zoller | Director, Business Development |
| Robert P. Khederian | Independent Director |
| Doug Guarino | Spokesman |
| Ellen Chiniara | General Counsel |
| John L. Berisford | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Carol R. Goldberg | Board of Directors |
| Erik Henau | Board of Directors |
| John A. Quelch | Board of Directors |
| Peter Townsend | Board of Directors |
| Steve Howell | Board of Directors |
Ron Zwanziger has been a director since November 2006. Mr. Zwanziger has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. since 2001. From 1992 to 2001, he served in the same capacity at Inverness Medical Technology, Inc., a consumer focused company he founded that developed proprietary technologies and manufacturing processes. From 1981 to 1991, Mr. Zwanziger was Chairman, CEO and Founder of Medisense, Inc. Mr. Zwanziger received his undergraduate degree from Imperial College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Chairman and CEO Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| IVC Industries, Inc. | President | Former |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Imperial College London | Undergraduate Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Director, Chief Scientific Officer | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Geneex, Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Executive Vice President of Consumer Diagnostics | Current |
| Xhale Diagnostics,Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Coo | Former |
| Polaroid Corporation | Former | |
| Michigan State University | BS In Chemical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Posture -D | Senior Vice President, Leadership Development & Special Counsel | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Leadership Development and Legal Affairs | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | General Counsel and Secretary | Former |
| Bowditch & Dewey, Llp | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Vice President, Asia, Pacific | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Vice President, US Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Vice President, Latin America, Africa & Russia | Current |
Geoffrey Jenkins is Vice President of Worldwide Operations. He has over twenty-five years of operational experience in professional and consumer healthcare companies. In 2000, he co-founded UV-Solutions, LLC, a product development company specializing in flash-based germicidal ultra violet sterilization technology. Prior to UV-Solutions, Mr. Jenkins joined MDI Instruments, Inc. as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed President in 1998. MDI Instruments developed and marketed both consumer and professional diagnostic devices for the early detection of ear infections (Otitis Media). The company was acquired by Beckton Dickinson in 1999. Geoff served as Vice President of Operations for MediSense, Inc., an international developer, manufacturer, and marketer of professional and consumer diagnostics. He was responsible for MediSense's domestic and international operations. Geoff joined MediSense as an early stage start-up in 1984 and managed the development of the company's blood glucose monitors.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Vice President, Worldwide Operations | Current |
Hilde Eylenbosch, M.D., has served as Vice President of the Company and President of our Consumer Diagnostics strategic business unit since April 2005. Prior to this, Dr Eylenbosch was Vice President Consumer Marketing, a position she held since October 2004, and Vice President of International Women's Health since November 2001. Dr. Eylenbosch served in the same capacity for our predecessor company, Inverness Medical Technology, from August 2001 until that company was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in November 2001. Prior to that she held various positions at Inverness Medical Technology, including Director of U.S. Women's Health from September 1998 through October 2000. When she joined Inverness Medical Technology in January 1995, Dr Eylenbosch was responsible for marketing that company's women's health products in Europe. Before joining Inverness Medical Technology, Dr Eylenbosch was employed by Synthelabo, a French pharmaceutical company, where she held various marketing positions.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
Jerry McAleer, Ph.D has served as our Vice President, Research and Development since our inception in May 2001. Dr McAleer served as Vice President of Research and Development of our predecessor company, Inverness Medical Technology, from 1999 through November 2001, when that company was acquired by Johnson & Johnson. From 1995 to 1999, Dr. McAleer served as Director of Development of Inverness Medical Limited, Inverness Medical Technology's primary research and development unit, where he headed the development of Inverness Medical Technology's electrochemical glucose strips. Prior to joining Inverness Medical Technology, Dr. McAleer held senior research and development positions at MediSense from 1985 to 1993 and then at Ecossensors, Inc., an environmental research company, where he was responsible for the development of electrochemically based assay systems.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Vice President, Research and Development | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Director of Development | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Vice President, Business Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Vice President, Finance | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Vice President, US Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Norman Moore, Ph.D., received his doctorate in 1994 from the University of New Hampshire in Microbiology. He has been developing diagnostics throughout that time including FDA-approved tests for Influenza, RSV, Legionella, and S. pneumoniae. He is now the Director of Clinical Affairs at Inverness Medical Innovations.
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| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Director of Clinical Affairs | Current |
| Nerce, Inc. | Current |
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| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Director, Business Development | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Provident Healthcare Partners, LLC | Co-Founder | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Independent Director | Current |
| Provident Healthcare Partners, LLC | Chairman | Current |
| Cambridge Heart, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Hisoftware, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Longy School of Music | Board of Directors | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Medical Specialties, Inc. | Founder | Former |
| Medical Specialties, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Cambridge Heart, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Provident Healthcare Partners, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Spokesman | Current |
Ellen Chiniara serves as General Counsel and Assistant Secretary and is responsible for managing legal matters for Inverness. Ms. Chiniara joined Inverness in October 2006 as General Counsel of the Professional Diagnostics strategic business unit and became General Counsel of the Company in May 2007. From 2002-2006, Ms. Chiniara was Associate General Counsel, Neurology of Serono, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Previously, she served as General Counsel to a healthcare venture capital fund and a healthcare management services organization, where she also was Chief Operating Officer of its clinical trial site management division. From 1994-1997, Ms. Chiniara was Assistant General Counsel at Value Health, a specialty managed healthcare company. She began her career as a corporate attorney in Boston with Hale and Dorr (now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP) where she gained extensive experience in venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and high-growth companies. Ms. Chiniara has actively participated in PhRMA, BIO and has addressed industry groups regarding venture financing, HIPAA and bio-pharma joint ventures. Ms. Chiniara holds a juris doctorate from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Posture -D | General Counsel | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | General Counsel | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Posture -D | Board of Directors | Current |
| Value Health, Inc. | Assistant General Counsel | Former |
| Emd Serono, Inc. | Associate General Counsel | Former |
| Stanford University | Juris Doctorate | Former |
| Bryn Mawr College | Juris Doctorate | Former |
| Bryn Mawr College | Bachelor's Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Harvard Business School | Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration | Current |
| Leigh Bureau, Ltd | Current | |
| easyJet Plc | Current | |
| Massachusetts Port Authority | Chairman | Current |
| Vitrue, Inc | Director | Current |
| The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Gentiva Health Services, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Epiphany Biosciences, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Home Health Care Affiliates, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Corporate Governance | Board of Directors | Current |
| Harvard Business Publishing | Board of Directors | Current |
| London Business School | Dean | Former |
| ACCION International | non-executive director | Former |
| Reebok International Ltd. | non-executive director | Former |
| Port Authority | Chairman | Former |
| Reebok International Ltd. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Harvard Business School | Business Administration | Former |
| Harvard University | Degrees | Former |
| University of Oxford | Degrees | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Human Resources | Current |
| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Harvard Business School | Assistant Professor | Former |
| West Virginia University | master's degree in labor and industrial relations | Former |
| Harvard Business School | Business Administration | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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