OraSure Technologies Donates OraQuick ADVANCE(R) Tests in Recognition of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
12 Ottobre 2006 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR), the market leader in oral
fluid diagnostics, in conjunction with the Latino Commission on
AIDS and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, announced today the
donation of OraQuick ADVANCE� Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Tests in
recognition of the 4th Annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day on
October 15, 2006. Working with the Latino Commission on AIDS and
the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Company is donating 5,000
OraQuick ADVANCE� tests, in addition to providing training and
support to more than 60 local sites or events. �HIV and AIDS remain
at crisis levels in the Latino community and the rate of HIV
infection continues to rise,� said Dennis de Leon, President of the
Latino Commission on AIDS. �Through education on HIV prevention
initiatives and by helping people with HIV learn their status
earlier, we�re helping to reduce the spread of HIV. Rapid HIV tests
like OraQuick ADVANCE�, which is a simple, accurate, painless test
that takes only 20 minutes, are helping us to reach this goal more
effectively.� National Latino AIDS Awareness Day is a national day
of awareness and prevention against HIV/AIDS in the Latino
community. With the theme, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. GET THE FACTS. GET
TESTED FOR HIV, National Latino AIDS Awareness Day 2006 is a call
to action for Latinos to get educated and get tested for HIV.
Currently, Latinos account for 20 percent of all those living with
AIDS in the United States, and The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 80,000 Latinos are
currently living with this disease. �We are proud to support
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and help empower the Latino
community by providing access to rapid HIV testing � a step that
will help to stem the spread of the disease and help HIV positive
individuals learn their status earlier, providing a better
opportunity to live a longer, healthier life,� said Douglas A.
Michels, President and Chief Executive Officer of OraSure
Technologies. �The support of the Latino Commission on AIDS and The
Congressional Hispanic Caucus is vital to enabling Latinos
nationwide to get tested and learn their HIV status.� National
Latino AIDS Awareness Day was created in 2003 by the Latino
Commission on AIDS and the Hispanic Federation in partnership with
community based organizations, people living with HIV/AIDS, Health
Departments and others. More than 350 institutions in 250 cities
across the continental United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands are actively participating in National Latino AIDS
Awareness Day 2006 by hosting community events to encourage people
to seek HIV testing and counseling. OraQuick ADVANCE� is the first
and only U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved and CLIA
(Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments Act of 1988) waived
rapid point-of-care test that can detect antibodies to both HIV-1
and HIV-2 with an oral fluid sample in just 20 minutes. National
Latino AIDS Awareness Day and OraQuick ADVANCE Interview Footage
and B-Roll Available October 13 A satellite uplink with Latino AIDS
Awareness Day and OraQuick ADVANCE� interview footage and b-roll is
available via satellite Friday, October 13 at 2:00 � 2:15 PM ET.
Coordinates for the satellite uplink are: Date: 10-13-06� � Time:
14:00-14:15 ET � Satellite: Ku Sat - Analog SBS 6, Transponder 19
Upper Downlink Frequency: 12178 Polarity: Horizontal Audio 6.2 and
6.8 National Latino AIDS Awareness Day footage will include:
statements from Dennis de Leon, Latino Commission on AIDS President
(English); Guillermo Chacon, Latino Commission on AIDS Vice
President (English/Spanish); Dr. Marcelo Venegas, Housing Works,
Inc. (English/Spanish); Victoria Robles, Housing Works, Inc.
(English); B-roll of OraQuick� ADVANCE HIV Test procedure with oral
fluid; additional scenes including HIV counseling and testing.
About OraSure Technologies OraSure Technologies develops,
manufactures and markets oral fluid specimen collection devices
using proprietary oral fluid technologies, diagnostic products
including immunoassays and other in vitro diagnostic tests, and
other medical devices. These products are sold in the United States
as well as internationally to various clinical laboratories,
hospitals, clinics, community-based organizations and other public
health organizations, distributors, government agencies,
physicians' offices, and commercial and industrial entities.
OraSure Technologies is the leading supplier of oral-fluid
collection devices and assays to the life insurance industry and
public health markets for the detection of HIV. In addition, the
Company supplies oral-fluid testing solutions for drugs of abuse
testing. For more information on the Company, please go to
http://www.orasure.com. OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR),
the market leader in oral fluid diagnostics, in conjunction with
the Latino Commission on AIDS and the Congressional Hispanic
Caucus, announced today the donation of OraQuick ADVANCE(R) Rapid
HIV-1/2 Antibody Tests in recognition of the 4th Annual National
Latino AIDS Awareness Day on October 15, 2006. Working with the
Latino Commission on AIDS and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,
the Company is donating 5,000 OraQuick ADVANCE(R) tests, in
addition to providing training and support to more than 60 local
sites or events. "HIV and AIDS remain at crisis levels in the
Latino community and the rate of HIV infection continues to rise,"
said Dennis de Leon, President of the Latino Commission on AIDS.
"Through education on HIV prevention initiatives and by helping
people with HIV learn their status earlier, we're helping to reduce
the spread of HIV. Rapid HIV tests like OraQuick ADVANCE(R), which
is a simple, accurate, painless test that takes only 20 minutes,
are helping us to reach this goal more effectively." National
Latino AIDS Awareness Day is a national day of awareness and
prevention against HIV/AIDS in the Latino community. With the
theme, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. GET THE FACTS. GET TESTED FOR HIV,
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day 2006 is a call to action for
Latinos to get educated and get tested for HIV. Currently, Latinos
account for 20 percent of all those living with AIDS in the United
States, and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
estimates that more than 80,000 Latinos are currently living with
this disease. "We are proud to support National Latino AIDS
Awareness Day and help empower the Latino community by providing
access to rapid HIV testing - a step that will help to stem the
spread of the disease and help HIV positive individuals learn their
status earlier, providing a better opportunity to live a longer,
healthier life," said Douglas A. Michels, President and Chief
Executive Officer of OraSure Technologies. "The support of the
Latino Commission on AIDS and The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is
vital to enabling Latinos nationwide to get tested and learn their
HIV status." National Latino AIDS Awareness Day was created in 2003
by the Latino Commission on AIDS and the Hispanic Federation in
partnership with community based organizations, people living with
HIV/AIDS, Health Departments and others. More than 350 institutions
in 250 cities across the continental United States, Puerto Rico and
the U.S. Virgin Islands are actively participating in National
Latino AIDS Awareness Day 2006 by hosting community events to
encourage people to seek HIV testing and counseling. OraQuick
ADVANCE(R) is the first and only U.S. Food and Drug Administration
approved and CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments Act
of 1988) waived rapid point-of-care test that can detect antibodies
to both HIV-1 and HIV-2 with an oral fluid sample in just 20
minutes. National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and OraQuick ADVANCE
Interview Footage and B-Roll Available October 13 A satellite
uplink with Latino AIDS Awareness Day and OraQuick ADVANCE(R)
interview footage and b-roll is available via satellite Friday,
October 13 at 2:00 - 2:15 PM ET. Coordinates for the satellite
uplink are: -0- *T Date: 10-13-06 Time: 14:00-14:15 ET Satellite:
Ku Sat - Analog SBS 6, Transponder 19 Upper Downlink Frequency:
12178 Polarity: Horizontal Audio 6.2 and 6.8 *T National Latino
AIDS Awareness Day footage will include: statements from Dennis de
Leon, Latino Commission on AIDS President (English); Guillermo
Chacon, Latino Commission on AIDS Vice President (English/Spanish);
Dr. Marcelo Venegas, Housing Works, Inc. (English/Spanish);
Victoria Robles, Housing Works, Inc. (English); B-roll of
OraQuick(R) ADVANCE HIV Test procedure with oral fluid; additional
scenes including HIV counseling and testing. About OraSure
Technologies OraSure Technologies develops, manufactures and
markets oral fluid specimen collection devices using proprietary
oral fluid technologies, diagnostic products including immunoassays
and other in vitro diagnostic tests, and other medical devices.
These products are sold in the United States as well as
internationally to various clinical laboratories, hospitals,
clinics, community-based organizations and other public health
organizations, distributors, government agencies, physicians'
offices, and commercial and industrial entities. OraSure
Technologies is the leading supplier of oral-fluid collection
devices and assays to the life insurance industry and public health
markets for the detection of HIV. In addition, the Company supplies
oral-fluid testing solutions for drugs of abuse testing. For more
information on the Company, please go to http://www.orasure.com.
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