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OraSure Technologies, Inc. Announces 2020 Second Quarter Financial Results and Update on COVID-19 Testing Programs
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Aug. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR), a leader in point-of-care diagnostic tests, specimen collection
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[{"type":"text","content":"BETHLEHEM, Pa., Aug. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR), a leader in point-of-care diagnostic tests, specimen collection devices, and microbiome laboratory and analytical services, today announced its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.\n “In the second quarter, our work to leverage our scientific and technological expertise against the COVID-19 pandemic has already generated meaningful revenue. Our sample collection devices are being used for the collection, both in at-home and professional settings, and transport of samples for COVID-19 molecular testing. We are also developing a COVID-19 rapid antigen in-home self-test and an ELISA-based oral fluid COVID-19 antibody test, both of which we now expect to launch in the fourth quarter,” said Stephen S. Tang, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are confident, given our ongoing initiative to scale up our production capacity, that OraSure will be able to deliver substantially increased volumes of collection and testing products, while ensuring that they meet the highest quality standards as we contribute to the fight against this global crisis. At the same time, we have continued to serve our existing customers across our business lines and to identify opportunities for business development that will contribute to longer-term sustainable growth.” “We further strengthened our balance sheet in June with the completion of an equity offering that included investments from top institutional healthcare investors, bringing us to $265.8 million in cash and investments as of June 30, 2020, with no debt,” said Roberto Cuca, Chief Financial Officer. “Although we are not providing formal guidance for the remainder of 2020 due to the uncertainty of the effect of the pandemic on our operations, we continue to anticipate that sales of our existing and new products for COVID-19 testing will offset the negative impact of the pandemic on our non-COVID-19 business.” Second Quarter Financial Highlights Net revenues for the second quarter of 2020 were $29.3 million, a 25% decrease from the second quarter of 2019. Net product and services revenues were $28.3 million, a 24% decrease from the second quarter of 2019. Excluding cryosurgical revenues, the line of business the Company divested in August 2019, and revenues from th...