Alere Inc. manufactures and markets diagnostic products for consumer and professional markets in Canada. Its products include culture media, tubes, diagnostic discs, equipment, plates, reagents, autoimmune, bottles, prepared media and plates, biosite, cardiac, drugs of abuse, accessories, disposables, tests, loops, needles, spreaders, swabs, spore strips, stains, and supplements. The company’s products also include respiratory, antibiotic discs, bags, environmental sampling, kits, dipslides, and immunoassay. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.