BNET Industries

Market Cap:$188.2M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$71.1M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Our business principally involves the development, manufacture, marketing and sale of oral fluid diagnostic products and specimen collection devices using our proprietary oral fluid technologies, as well as other diagnostic products including immunoassays and other in vitro diagnostic tests that are used on other specimen types, and other medical devices. Our diagnostic products include tests which are performed on a rapid basis at the point of care and tests which are processed in a laboratory. These products are sold in the United States and 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. One of our products has been sold in the over-the-counter (OTC) or consumer retail markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico and Australia.

President & CEO
Douglas A Michels
Number of Employees 287
Contact Information

220 E First St

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-1338

orasure.com

(610) 882-1820

NAICS Code Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing: 339112

Recent Events

  • Inverness signs distribution agreement with OraSure for OraQuickR HCV test

    11/20/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • OraSure settles patent lawsuit with Inverness and Church & Dwight

    11/20/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story

  • After-Hours Movers 11/04: RSOL, SANM, PARL, VLNC, GIVN, CECO Higher; SMSI, AUTH, WFMI, ANDE Lower

    11/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • SAP Extends the Power of SAPR BusinessObjectsTM Explorer to Tap into All Data SAPR BusinessObjectsTM...

    10/27/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • OraSure Technologies Awarded Premier Contract for Its OraQuick ADVANCER Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test

    9/24/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • OraSure Technologies Awarded Premier Contract for Its OraQuick ADVANCER Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Tes

    9/24/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • OraSure Technologies Names Robert Gregg VP, Regulatory Affairs And Quality Assurance - Quick Facts

    9/10/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story

  • OraSure Announces 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results and Resumption of Full-Scale OraQuickr Production

    8/05/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • UPDATE 3-OraSure says FDA seeks more study on hepatitis C test

    6/25/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Douglas A Michels President & CEO
J. Sam Niedbala Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer
Ronald H Spair CFO & COO
Ronny B. Lancaster Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
Henry Cohen Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Jack E Jerrett General Counsel, Secretary & Senior Vice President
Jack E. Jerret General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary
Mark Kirtland Senior Vice President, Business Dev
Salvatore J. Salamone Senior Vice President, Res & Product Dev
Sue Sutton-Jones Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance
Brian W. Reid Vice President, Intl Sales
Debra Fraser-Howze Vice President, Govt & External Affairs
Kenneth A. Adach Vice President, Consumer Marketing
Richard Hooper Vice President, Finance
Ron Ticho Vice President, Corp Comm
P. Michael Formica Executive Vice President & General Manager, Cryosurgery Sys
Pittencrieff Glen Founder
R. Sam Niedbala Co-Founder
David Stevans Director, Sales, Hospitals
Jeane Brunmark Director, Sales
Christina Werner Natl Accounting Manager
Joseph Oerson Accounting Manager, Africa
Larry Rilko Reg Manager, Accts
Michael Heath Manager, Accts
Mark L Kuna Controller & Senior Vice President, Finance
Judy Clarke
Marybeth Sheppard
Stephen R. Lee Executive Officer
Charles W. Patrick Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Douglas B. Watson Chairman
Michael Celano Chairman
Jack Goldstein Board of Directors
Roger L. Pringle Board of Directors
Ronny B. Lanchaster Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. President & CEO Current
Epitope, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Current
Histofreezer President and Chief Executive Officer Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project President and Chief Executive Officer Current
St. Luke's Hospital Board of Directors Current
Epitope, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Histofreezer Board of Directors Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Board of Directors Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Healthnetwork Board of Directors Current
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. President Former
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. Group Vice President, Global Marketing Former
Rutgers University M.B.A. Former
University of Illinois B.S. Degree In Public Health Administration Former

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer Current

Ronald H. Spair joined the Company in November 2001, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer and to the Board of Directors in October of 2006. He is an Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Spair brings extensive senior financial experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries to OraSure Technologies. His most recent position was with Delsys Pharmaceutical Corporation as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Delsys, he was Chief Financial Officer for three public companies – Supergen, Inc., Sparta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Envirogen, Inc. During this period, Mr. Spair had responsibility for directing finance, accounting, financial planning, treasury, human resources, risk management and information technology matters at these companies. Mr. Spair has also had extensive experience negotiating mergers and acquisitions, development and licensing transactions and corporate financings. Mr. Spair is a Certified Public Accountant and received both his B.S. in Accounting and his MBA from Rider College.

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. CFO & COO Current
Epitope, Inc. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Current
Histofreezer Board of Directors Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Board of Directors Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Epitope, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Envirogen Chief Financial Officer Former
SuperGen Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Delsys Incorporated Former

Ronny B. Lancaster is Senior Vice President, Federal Government Relations for Assurant, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to joining Assurant, Mr. Lancaster was the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Morehouse School of Medicine. Mr. Lancaster was previously the Executive Assistant to the Secretary and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), where his responsibilities included a wide range of policy, program and management matters. Mr. Lancaster has also served as General Counsel of Hamilton Enterprises, Inc., Senior Washington Representative for Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association, Chief of the Division of Fee-For-Service Plans at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Executive Assistant to the Chairman at the National Institute for Advanced Studies. Mr. Lancaster earned a B.A. in Economics from the Catholic University of America, an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. He is also admitted to the Bars of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, serves as a Board member for the Morehouse College Research Institute and is a past president for the Minority Health Professions Schools as well as the Minority Health Professions Foundation.

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Senior Vice President, Federal Government Relations Current
Assurant, Inc. Senior Vice President, Federal Government Relations Current
Histofreezer Board of Directors Current
Epitope, Inc. Board of Directors Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Immucor, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Committee Member Current
Epitope, Inc. Committee Member Current
Minority Health Professions Foundation President Former
Morehouse School of Medicine Chief Operating Officer Former
Morehouse School of Medicine Senior Vice President Former
Hamilton Enterprises LLC General Counsel Former
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Assistant Secretary Former
Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association Senior Washington Representative Former
Georgetown University Law Center J.D. Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania M.B.A. Former
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania M.B.A. Former
Georgetown University Law Center Law Degree Former
The Catholic University of America B.A. In Economics Former
Georgetown University Law Center Degree Former

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Senior Vice President, Human Resources Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Vice President, Hr Former

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. General Counsel, Secretary & Senior Vice President Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Current
Epitope, Inc. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Current
Histofreezer Board of Directors Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Vice President Former
Union Pacific Corporation Senior Corporate Attorney Former
OraSure Technologies, Inc. General Counsel Former
Villanova University Juris Doctor Former
Villanova University School of Law J.D. Former
Villanova University BS In Accounting Former

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary Current

Mark Kirtland joined OraSure in 2006 as Senior Vice President of Business Development. Prior to joining OraSure, Mr. Kirtland was an executive at Cytyc Corporation, serving in various capacities over an eight-year career. He began as Director of Physician Marketing and left as a Principal in the Corporate Development Group. In that time, the company's lead product, the ThinPrep PapTest, became the standard of medical care and revenues grew from $6 million to nearly $500 million. Mr. Kirtland has extensive experience in corporate strategy, product marketing, and acquisitions. Earlier in his career, he worked at Wyeth as a Senior Product Manager and then as a Product Director. He began his corporate career at McKinsey and Co. as a management consultant. Mr. Kirtland received his B.S. in Biology from Christian Brothers University and his M.S. in Bioengineering from Columbia University.

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Senior Vice President, Business Dev Current

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Senior Vice President, Res & Product Dev Current

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance Current

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Vice President, Intl Sales Current

Debra Y. Fraser-Howze joined OraSure Technologies in January 2008 as Vice President of Government and External Affairs. In her role, Ms. Fraser-Howze is charged with developing business opportunities in new markets for the Company. She works with lawmakers to implement routine HIV testing and works to ensure laws and resources are available to communities in need of testing. She also develops external opportunities with clients, stakeholders and business partners. Prior to joining OraSure Technologies, Ms. Fraser-Howze served as the President/CEO of National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA), an organization she founded in 1987. NBLCA conducts policy, research and advocacy on HIV and AIDS to ensure effective participation of its leadership in all policy and resource allocation decisions at the national, state and local levels of communities of African descent nationwide. NBLCA is now the largest Black HIV and AIDS non-profit organization of its kind in America. Ms. Fraser-Howze has been widely recognized for more than two decades of global leadership to communities of color regarding teenage pregnancy, social welfare, and HIV and AIDS. She advised two U.S. Presidents while serving on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS from 1995-2001. She was the Vice Chair of the HIV Human Services Planning Council in New York City and Chaired the National Institute of Heath's Public Education Technology Committee. In 2003, she was appointed to the New York City Commission on AIDS and in 2007 to the New York State Governors Health Advisory Council. Ms. Fraser-Howze holds a B.A. in Interpersonal Communications from Hunter College and a Master's in Public Administration from Baruch College.

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Vice President, Govt & External Affairs Current

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Vice President, Consumer Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Vice President, Finance Current

Ron Ticho is Vice President, Corporate Communications for OraSure Technologies, where he has global responsibilities for the development and execution of corporate marketing and communications plans to drive growth, achieve corporate strategic imperatives and increase shareholder value. Prior to his current role at OraSure, Mr. Ticho had oversight for product marketing and was intimately involved in the market launch and growth of the Company’s portfolio of products. Prior to joining OraSure, Mr. Ticho served as a principal of a marketing brand strategy firm that worked primarily with biotech, education-based companies and venture capital firms in developing and executing go-to-market strategies and product launch plans. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at Lehigh University, where he worked for 12 years, heading up the institution's marketing and university relations program. Mr. Ticho earned a B.S. degree in Finance and Journalism and an MBA from Lehigh University.

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Vice President, Corp Comm Current

P. Michael Formica has been the Company s Executive Vice President, Operations since November 2002 and General Manager, Cryosurgery since August 2008. He served as Senior Vice President, Operations for the Company and its predecessor, STC Technologies, Inc., since May 2000. Prior to that time, Mr. Formica was Division Manager, Mobil Measurement Technologies for Drager Sicherheitstechnik GmbH (now called Drager Safety AG & Co. KGaA), in Luebeck, Germany, for eight years with worldwide responsibility, and Director Sales and Marketing, National Draeger, Inc. (USA) for two years. Drager is a world leader in chemical detection systems for the industrial safety market, and breath alcohol detection instrumentation. Mr. Formica received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University and his M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University.

Organization Position Status
Cryosurgery, Inc. Company S Executive Vice President, Operations Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Executive Vice President, Operations Current
Epitope, Inc. Executive Vice President, Operations Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Executive Vice President & General Manager, Cryosurgery Sys Current
Cryosurgery, Inc. General Manager Current
Histofreezer Board of Directors Current
Graduate School of Industrial Administration MBA Former
Carnegie Mellon University MBA Former
West Virginia University BS In Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Founder Current

Sam is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Chemistry at Lehigh University located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is the former Chief Science Officer and a co-founder of OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR). OraSure develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary immunodiagnostic tests and other diagnostic products capable of detecting substances in a number of different body fluids including saliva for use in commercial laboratories, physicians' offices, hospitals, and for on-site testing. At OraSure, Sam was responsible for development of all new products and technologies as well as over 60 approvals of new medical devices by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Sam received his Bachelor of Science from East Stroudsburg University and his Master of Science in Clinical Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Lehigh University. Sam holds professional memberships in the New York Academy of Science, American Association for Clinical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Society of Forensic Toxicologists, and The American College of Forensic Examiners. He holds numerous patents and over fifty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in numerous areas of technology and medicine.

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Co-Founder Current
Originate Ventures Board of Directors Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Chief Science Officer Former
East Stroudsburg University Bachelor of Science Former

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Director, Sales, Hospitals Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Director, Sales, Hospitals Former

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Director, Sales Current

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Natl Accounting Manager Current

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Accounting Manager, Africa Current

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Reg Manager, Accts Current

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Manager, Accts Current

Organization Position Status
The Hepatitis C Support Project Senior Vice President Finance and Controller Current
Epitope, Inc. Senior Vice President Finance and Controller Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Controller & Senior Vice President, Finance Current
Histofreezer Vice President and Controller Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Histofreezer Board of Directors Current
Touche, Inc. Accountant Former
University of Scranton B.S. In Accounting Former

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Histofreezer Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer Current
Epitope, Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Executive Officer Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Executive Vice President & Chief Science Officer Former
Immunicon Corporation Scientist Former
Ortho Former
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. Former
Cardiff University Ph.D. Degree In Biochemistry Former
Sheffield University Bsc. In Biochemistry Former

Douglas G. Watson , age 64, has served as one of our directors since February 2000. Mr. Watson is Chief Executive Officer of Pittencrieff Glen Associates, a consulting firm that he founded in July 1999. From January 1997 to May 1999, Mr. Watson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Novartis Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Novartis AG. From April 1996 to December 1996, Mr. Watson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ciba-Geigy Corporation, which merged into Novartis Corporation in December 1996. Mr. Watson s career spanned 33 years with Novartis, having joined Geigy (UK) Ltd. in 1966. Mr. Watson also currently serves as chairman of OraSure Technologies, Inc., a medical diagnostics company, chairman of Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, and as a director of Genta Incorporated, a biopharmaceutical company, and BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. Mr. Watson received an M.A. in Pure Mathematics from Churchill College, Cambridge University and holds an ACMA qualification as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Organization Position Status
Pittencrieff Glen Associates Chief Executive Officer Current
Dendreon Corporation Chair Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Chairman Current
Genta Incorporated Director Current

Mr. Celano has extensive experience in life sciences where he spent 24 years in public accounting as a partner with KPMG and Arthur Andersen holding life science leadership positions in both firms. He served more than forty life sciences clients and was the lead audit partner for sixteen different public life sciences companies. In addition, he was the lead partner on twenty-two initial public offerings, and he has worked on over 100 public offerings and over sixty corporate partner and merger/acquisition transactions. After his public accounting experience, Mr. Celano became the Chief Financial Officer for BioRexis Pharmaceutical Corporation, a privately held venture-funded company that was acquired by Pfizer in February 2007. Most recently, Mr. Celano was the Managing Director, National Life Sciences Practice, for Aon Corporation of Philadelphia, PA. While at Aon, Mr. Celano led business development activities in key U.S. markets focused on product/clinical trial and D&O enterprise risk. Mr. Celano is also on the board of a publicly held medical diagnostics company.

Organization Position Status
Kensey Nash Corporation Chief Financial Officer Current
Aon Risk Services Inc. Managing Director Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Chairman Current
Biorexis Pharmaceutical Corporation Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer Former
Aon Corporation Managing Director, National Life Sciences Practice Former
KPMG International Partner Former
Arthur Andersen LLP Partner Former
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Former
St. Joseph's University B.S. Degree In Accounting Former
Princeton University Former

Organization Position Status
Ads Golf, Inc. President Current
Patrick Consulting Principal and Founder Current
Ads Golf, Inc. Co-Owner Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Principal Current
Patrick Consulting Management Consultant Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Director Current
diaDexus, Inc. Board Director Current
Epitope, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Histofreezer Board of Directors Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Committee Member Current
Epitope, Inc. Committee Member Current
Biosite Diagnostic Inc. Former
Abbott Laboratories Former
University of Central Florida B.A. In Communications, Journalism Former

Organization Position Status
Chiron President, Blood Testing Current
Illumina, Inc. Chairperson Current
Solexa, Inc. Chairperson Current
Epitope, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Nanotechnology.Com Director Current
Bio-IT World, Inc. Director Current
The Hepatitis C Support Project Board of Directors Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Histofreezer Board of Directors Current
Chiron Board of Directors Current
Applied Imaging Corp. CEO Former
Applied Imaging Corp. President Former
Johnson & Johnson President Former
Chiron Interim Chief Operating Officer Former
Chiron Vice President Former
Windamere Venture Partners, LLC General Partner Former
Chiron Officer Former
Applied Imaging Corp. Chairman Former
Immucor, Inc. Board of Directors Former
St. John's University Ph.D. In Microbiology Former
St. John's University M.S. In Immunology Former
Rider University B.A. In Biology Former
American Home Products Corporation Team Member Former

Roger L. Pringle has served on the Board since September 2000, when the Company was formed by the merger of Epitope, Inc. ( Epitope ) and STC Technologies, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Pringle served as Chairman of the Board and a member of the Board of Directors of Epitope, and was a director of Agritope, Inc., a plant genetics subsidiary of Epitope, since 1990. Mr. Pringle is the President of The Pringle Company, a strategy and executive consulting firm in Portland, Oregon, which was founded in 1976. Mr. Pringle currently serves on the boards of directors of Northwest Bank, North Pacific Group and Prolifiq Software, Inc. Mr. Pringle received a B.S. in Business from Oregon State University and an MBA from the University of Oregon. For biographical information on Mr. Spair, see the Section entitled, Executive Officers, in this Proxy Statement.

Organization Position Status
Northwest Bank Board of Directors Current
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Prolifiq Software, Inc. Director Current
University of Oregon MBA Former
Oregon State University B.S. Degree In Business Administration Former

Organization Position Status
OraSure Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
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     OSUR $4.10 -0.16 (-3.76% )
Average Volume 204,749
Shares Outstanding 45.92M
Market Cap 188.3M
Year High 4.55
Year Low 2.16
Earnings Per Share -0.74
P/E Ratio -5.54
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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