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OraSure Technologies Announces Third Quarter Financial Results

October 30, 2007 at 4:08 PM EDT

Quarterly Revenues Increase 21% Over 2006

BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2007--OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR), a market leader in oral fluid diagnostics, today announced quarterly revenues of $21.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007, a 21% increase over the $17.6 million in revenues recorded for the three months ended September 30, 2006. Increased sales of the Company's OraQuick ADVANCE(R) rapid HIV-1/2 antibody test and over-the-counter ("OTC") cryosurgery products, together with an increase in funded research and development related to the Company's rapid Hepatitis C ("HCV") test, contributed to the increase in total revenues during the third quarter.

The Company's net income was $4,000 representing break-even earnings per share on a fully-diluted basis for the third quarter of 2007, compared to net income of $2.1 million, or $0.05 per share on a fully-diluted basis for the third quarter of 2006. This decrease is the result of higher operating expenses during the current quarter, primarily research and development costs associated with the product development and clinical work for an OraQuick ADVANCE(R) HIV-1/2 test for home use and an OraQuick(R) HCV test for professional use, along with higher staffing-related expenses and higher legal expenses.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, the Company recorded revenues of $62.9 million, an increase of 25% over the $50.4 million in revenues recorded for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The Company recorded net income of $2.4 million, or $0.05 per share on a fully-diluted basis, for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, compared to net income of $4.2 million, or $0.09 per share on a fully-diluted basis, during the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 included a $1.4 million pre-tax gain on sale of investment in a privately-held nonaffiliated company.

Gross margin for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 was 60%, compared to 64% for the same period in 2006. Gross margin for the first nine months of 2007 was 62% compared to 63% in 2006. The decrease in gross margin for the three month period was due to an increase in scrap expense, higher product support costs and a less favorable product mix.

Operating expenses for the third quarter of 2007 increased to $13.7 million from $8.8 million in the third quarter of 2006. Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 were $38.5 million, compared to $27.2 million for the comparable period in 2006.

"We are pleased with the Company's top line performance in the third quarter and that overall financial results are in line with expectations," said Douglas A. Michels, President and Chief Executive Officer of OraSure Technologies. "We are particularly happy with the strong performance of our infectious disease testing and international OTC cryosurgical businesses. We continue to make good progress toward the achievement of our long-term strategic initiatives and look forward to closing out a successful 2007."

Cash flow from operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was $7.8 million, compared to $14.1 million for the comparable period in 2006. The decrease of $6.3 million was primarily the result of lower net income and increases in accounts receivable and inventories, offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses during the current nine-month period.

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $92.3 million and working capital was $105.5 million at September 30, 2007, compared to $91.0 million and $96.0 million, respectively, at December 31, 2006.

2007 Financial Guidance

The Company expects revenues of $19.5 to $20.0 million in the fourth quarter and continues to expect approximately $83.0 million for the full-year 2007. Fully diluted earnings per share are expected to be breakeven in the fourth quarter and to be approximately $0.05 per share for the full year.

                                       Condensed Financial Data
                                    (In thousands, except per-share
                                         data and percentages)

                                               Unaudited
                                 -------------------------------------

                                 Three months ended  Nine months ended
                                    September 30,      September 30,
                                 ------------------- -----------------
                                    2007      2006     2007     2006
                                 ---------- -------- -------- --------
Results of Operations
Revenues                         $  21,415  $ 17,639 $ 62,877  $50,421
Cost of products sold                8,647     6,365   24,122   18,516
                                 ---------- -------- -------- --------
  Gross profit                      12,768    11,274   38,755   31,905
                                 ---------- -------- -------- --------
Operating expenses:
      Research and development       3,672     1,753    9,896    5,150
      Acquired in-process
       technology                       --        --       --      600
      Sales and marketing            4,979     3,632   14,999   11,977
      General and administrative     5,074     3,410   13,637    9,510
                                 ---------- -------- -------- --------
  Total operating expenses          13,725     8,795   38,532   27,237
                                 ---------- -------- -------- --------
  Operating income(loss)              (957)    2,479      223    4,668
Other income, net                    1,085       920    4,443    2,607
Income tax provision                   124     1,264    2,221    3,033
                                 ---------- -------- -------- --------
Net income                       $       4  $  2,135 $  2,445  $ 4,242
                                 ========== ======== ======== ========
Earnings per share:
      Basic                      $      --  $   0.05 $   0.05  $  0.09
                                 ========== ======== ======== ========
      Diluted                    $      --  $   0.05 $   0.05  $  0.09
                                 ========== ======== ======== ========
Weighted average shares:
      Basic                         46,341    45,922   46,393   45,888
                                 ========== ======== ======== ========
      Diluted                       46,988    47,247   46,893   47,712
                                 ========== ======== ======== ========
                                 Three months ended September 30,
                            ------------------------------------------
                                                        Percentage of
                                  Dollars               Total Revenues
                            -------------------   %     --------------
Market Revenues               2007      2006    Change   2007    2006
                            --------- --------- ------- ------- ------

Infectious disease testing  $   8,233 $   7,536      9%     38%    42%
Substance abuse testing         4,070     4,213     (3)     19     24
Cryosurgical systems            6,738     4,025     67      31     23
Insurance risk assessment       1,620     1,734     (7)      8     10
                            --------- ---------         ------- ------
  Product revenues             20,661    17,508     18      96     99
Licensing and product
 development                      754       131    476       4      1
                            --------- ---------         ------- ------
  Total revenues            $  21,415 $  17,639     21%    100%   100%
                            ========= =========         ======= ======
                                  Nine months ended September 30,
                             -----------------------------------------

                                                        Percentage of
                                  Dollars        %     Total Revenues
                             -----------------         ---------------
Market Revenues                2007     2006   Change   2007    2006
                             -------- -------- ------- ------- -------

Infectious disease testing   $ 26,350 $ 21,239     24%     42%     42%
Substance abuse testing        12,396   11,694      6      20      23
Cryosurgical systems           18,190   13,063     39      29      26
Insurance risk assessment       3,859    4,128     (7)      6       8
                             -------- --------         ------- -------
  Product revenues             60,795   50,124     21      97      99
Licensing and product
 development                    2,082      297    601       3       1
                             -------- --------         ------- -------
  Total revenues             $ 62,877 $ 50,421     25%    100%    100%
                             ======== ========         ======= =======
                    Three months ended        Nine months ended
                      September 30,      %      September 30,     %
                    ------------------        -----------------
OraQuick(R)
 Revenues             2007      2006   Change   2007     2006   Change
                    --------  -------- ------ -------- -------- ------

Direct to U.S.
 Public Health      $  4,492  $  3,837   17%  $ 14,339 $ 10,794    33%
Abbott                 2,159     1,651   31      6,087    5,224    17
SAMHSA                     5        --  N/A        339      256    32
CDC                       25       748  (97)     1,125    1,009    11
International            850       394  116      2,110    1,185    78
                    --------  --------        -------- --------
  Total OraQuick(R)
   revenues         $  7,531  $  6,630   14%  $ 24,000 $ 18,468    30%
                    ========  ========        ======== ========
                    Three months ended        Nine months ended
                      September 30,      %      September 30,     %
                    ------------------        -----------------
Intercept(R)
 Revenues             2007      2006   Change   2007     2006   Change
                    --------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ------

Workplace testing   $   1,804 $  1,679     7% $  5,288   $4,675    13%
Criminal Justice          613      640    (4)    1,881    1,428    32
International             482      599   (20)    1,598    1,615    (1)
Direct                    273      175    56       739      528    40
                    --------- --------        -------- --------
  Total
   Intercept(R)
   revenues         $   3,172 $  3,093     3% $  9,506   $8,246    15%
                    ========= ========        ======== ========
                  Three months ended         Nine months ended
Cryosurgical
 Systems            September 30,       %      September 30,      %
                  ------------------         ------------------
   Revenues         2007      2006   Change    2007      2006   Change
                  --------- -------- ------- --------- -------- ------

Professional
 domestic         $   1,028 $  1,755   (41)% $   3,441 $  4,156  (17)%
Professional
 international          574      576     0       1,551    1,496    4
OTC domestic          2,453       --   N/A       5,587    3,956   41
OTC international     2,683    1,694    58       7,611    3,455  120
                  --------- --------         --------- --------
  Total
   Cryosurgical
   revenues       $   6,738 $  4,025    67%  $  18,190 $ 13,063   39%
                  ========= ========         ========= ========
                                               Unaudited
                                  ------------------------------------
Balance Sheets                    September 30, 2007 December 31, 2006
                                  ------------------ -----------------
      Assets
---------------------------------
Cash, cash equivalents and short-
 term investments                 $           92,335 $          91,001
Accounts receivable, net                      12,014            10,357
Inventories                                    7,768             5,535
Current deferred income taxes                  6,430             3,676
Other current assets                           1,468             1,989
Property and equipment, net                   20,218            17,375
Deferred income taxes                         15,565            19,846
Other non-current assets                       5,656             6,786
                                  ------------------ -----------------
   Total assets                   $          161,454 $         156,565
                                  ================== =================

    Liabilities and Stockholders'
     Equity
---------------------------------
Current portion of long-term debt $              557 $             609
Accounts payable                               4,395             3,312
Accrued expenses                               9,552            12,659
Long-term debt                                 9,332            10,030
Other liabilities                                380               451
Stockholders' equity                         137,238           129,504
                                  ------------------ -----------------
   Total liabilities and
    stockholders' equity          $          161,454 $         156,565
                                  ================== =================
                                       Nine months ended September 30,
                                       -------------------------------
Additional Financial Data                    2007            2006
                                       ---------------- --------------
Capital expenditures                    $         4,281 $       11,552
Depreciation and amortization           $         1,997 $        1,440
Accounts receivable - days sales
 outstanding                                    52 days        53 days

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call and audio webcast today to discuss the Company's 2007 third quarter financial results, business developments and the Company's 2007 outlook, beginning at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time). On the call will be Douglas A. Michels, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Ronald H. Spair, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. The call will include remarks by management and a question and answer session.

In order to listen to the conference call, please dial 888-742-2024 (Domestic) or 706-643-0033 (International) and reference 21207217 or go to OraSure Technologies' web site, www.orasure.com, and click on the Investor Info link. A replay of the call will be archived on OraSure Technologies' web site shortly after the call has ended and will be available for seven days. A replay of the call can also be accessed until November 5, 2007, by dialing 800-642-1687 (Domestic) or 706-645-9291 (International) and entering the Conference ID #21207217.

About OraSure Technologies

OraSure Technologies develops, manufactures and markets oral fluid specimen collection devices and tests and other diagnostic products using its proprietary technologies, including immunoassays and other in vitro diagnostic tests and other medical devices. These products are sold in the United States and certain foreign countries to clinical laboratories, hospitals, clinics, community-based organizations and other public health organizations, distributors, government agencies, physicians' offices, and commercial and industrial entities. For more information on the Company, please visit www.orasure.com.

Important Information

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including with respect to revenues, net income and products. Actual results could be significantly different. Factors that could affect results include the ability to market and sell products; changes in relationships, including disputes or disagreements, with strategic partners and reliance on strategic partners for the performance of critical activities under collaborative arrangements; failure of distributors or other customers to meet purchase forecasts or minimum purchase requirements for the Company's products; impact of competitors, competing products and technology changes; ability to develop, commercialize and market new products; market acceptance of oral fluid testing or other products; changes in market acceptance of products based on product performance; continued bulk purchases by customers, including governmental agencies, and the ability to fully deploy those purchases in a timely manner; ability to fund research and development and other products and operations; ability to obtain and maintain new or existing product distribution channels; reliance on sole supply sources for critical product components; availability of related products produced by third parties or products required for use of our products; ability to obtain, and timing and cost of obtaining, necessary regulatory approvals for new products or new indications or applications for existing products; ability to comply with applicable regulatory requirements; history of losses and ability to achieve sustained profitability; volatility of our stock price; uncertainty relating to patent protection; uncertainty and costs of litigation relating to patents and other intellectual property; availability of licenses to patents or other technology; ability to enter into international manufacturing agreements; obstacles to international marketing and manufacturing of products; ability to sell products internationally; loss or impairment of sources of capital; ability to meet financial covenants in agreements with financial institutions; ability to retain qualified personnel; exposure to patent infringement, product liability and other types of litigation; changes in international, federal or state laws and regulations; customer consolidations and inventory practices; equipment failures and ability to obtain needed raw materials and components; the impact of terrorist attacks and civil unrest; ability to complete consolidation or restructuring activities; ability to identify, complete and realize the full benefits of potential acquisitions; and general political, business and economic conditions. These and other factors are discussed more fully in the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings of OraSure Technologies, including its registration statements, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its other filings with the SEC. Although forward-looking statements help to provide complete information about future prospects, readers should keep in mind that forward-looking statements may not be reliable. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release and OraSure Technologies undertakes no duty to update these statements.

CONTACT: OraSure Technologies, Inc.
Ronald H. Spair
Chief Financial Officer
610-882-1820
Investorinfo@orasure.com
www.orasure.com

SOURCE: OraSure Technologies, Inc.

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