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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Flakne Carla   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) VP, Chief Accounting Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 51 SAWYER ROAD, SUITE 200 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/16/2015 (Street) WALTHAM, MA 02453 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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 11/07/2014   G V 380 D $ 0 3,011 (1) D   Common Stock 01/16/2015(2)   M   10,000 A $ 23.15 13,252 (3) D   Common Stock 01/16/2015(2)   S   10,000 D $ 42.445 (4) 3,252 D   Common Stock               462 I See Footnote (7)

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 23.15

01/16/2015(2)

M

10,000

(5)

12/14/2015

Common Stock

10,000

(6)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Flakne Carla 51 SAWYER ROAD, SUITE 200 WALTHAM, MA 02453			VP, Chief Accounting Officer

Signatures

/s/ Jay McNamara, attorney-in-fact		01/20/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes 248 shares acquired under the Alere Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan on June 30, 2014.
(2)	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 expiring stock options.
(3)	Includes 241 shares acquired under the Alere Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan on December 31, 2014.
(4)	The price reported is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in approximately 68 separate transactions at prices ranging from $41.81 to $42.82, inclusive. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide to the SEC, the issuer or any stockholder of the issuer, upon request, the full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.
(5)	Option vested in four equal installments on 12/14/06, 12/14/07, 12/14/08 and 12/14/09.
(6)	This derivative security does not have a price.
(7)	These securities are owned by the 2012 Flakne Family Trust, for which the reporting person & her spouse are the trustees.

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