Inverness Medical Innovations Enters Into a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Matria Health...(Inverness' products as well as its newpr...),Health

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About Matria

Matria Healthcare is a leading provider of integrated comprehensive health enhancement programs to health plans, employers and government agencies. Matria is dedicated to developing better educated, motivated and self-enabled healthcare consumers and supporting clinicians in managing the care of their patients. Matria manages major chronic diseases and episodic conditions including diabetes, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, high-risk obstetrics, cancer, musculoskeletal and chronic pain, depression, obesity, and other conditions. Matria delivers programs that address wellness, healthy living, productivity improvement and navigation of the healthcare system, and provides case management of acute and catastrophic conditions. Headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, Matria operates through nearly 50 offices around the United States.

For additional information on Matria please visit http://www.matria.com.

Additional Information About the Proposed Transaction and Where to Find it:

This press release is not a proxy statement or a prospectus for the proposed transaction. Inverness will file a registration statement on Form S-4 in connection with the proposed transaction, which will include Matria's proxy statement and Inverness's prospectus for the proposed transaction. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, WHICH WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION, IF AND WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. The prox
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