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                                                                 EXHIBIT 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     Each of the undersigned officers of Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
(the "Company") hereby certifies, to his knowledge, that the Company's annual
report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 (the
"Report"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as
applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company. This certification is being furnished as an exhibit to the
Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and shall not be deemed "filed" for
purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the
liability of that section. This certification will not be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation
language in such filing, except to the extent that the Company specifically
incorporates this certification by reference.

Date: April 22, 2004                /s/ Ron Zwanziger
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                                    Ron Zwanziger
                                    Chief Executive Officer


Date: April 22, 2004                /s/ Christopher J. Lindop
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                                    Christopher J. Lindop
                                    Chief Financial Officer


A SIGNED ORIGINAL OF THIS WRITTEN STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SECTION 906, OR OTHER
DOCUMENT AUTHENTICATING, ACKNOWLEDGING, OR OTHERWISE ADOPTING THE SIGNATURES
THAT APPEAR IN TYPED FORM WITHIN THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS WRITTEN
STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SECTION 906, HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY AND WILL BE
RETAINED BY THE COMPANY AND FURNISHED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OR ITS STAFF UPON REQUEST.