Form 8-K for Orasure Technologies, Inc.

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 22, 2003

 


 

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of issuer as specified in charter)

 

DELAWARE   001-16537   36-4370966

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

220 East First Street

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-1360

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(610) 882-1820

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 



Item 5  –   Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the filing of an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for 510(k) clearance of its UPlink® rapid point-of-care oral fluid drug detection system. The information contained in the press release dated September 22, 2003 is incorporated herein by reference and attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.

 

Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description


99    Press Release dated September 22, 2003, announcing the filing of an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for 510(k) clearance of its UPlink® rapid point-of-care oral fluid drug detection system.

 

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Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

       

ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Date: September 23, 2003

      By:  

/s/    JACK E. JERRETT        


               

Jack E. Jerrett

Senior Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

 

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Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description


99    Press Release dated September 22, 2003, announcing the filing of an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for 510(k) clearance of its UPlink® rapid point-of-care oral fluid drug detection system.

 

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