Orasure Technologies Inc - Current report filing (8-K)

 

 

UNITED STATES

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): April 17, 2008

 

 

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-16537		36-4370966
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

220 East First Street Bethlehem, Pennsylvania		18015-1360
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 610-882-1820

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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Item 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 17, 2008, OraSure Technologies, Inc. issued a press release announcing the receipt of a complaint from Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH and Church & Dwight, Co., Inc., alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,485,982. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99		Press Release, dated April 17, 2008, announcing the receipt by OraSure Technologies, Inc. of a complaint from Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH and Church & Dwight, Co., Inc., alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,485,982.

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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.

 

		O RA S URE T ECHNOLOGIES , I NC .
Date: April 17, 2008		By:		/s/ Jack E. Jerrett
				Jack E. Jerrett
				Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99		Press Release, dated April 17, 2008, announcing the receipt by OraSure Technologies, Inc. of a complaint from Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH and Church & Dwight, Co., Inc., alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,485,982.