0001193125-22-154005.txt : 20220621 0001193125-22-154005.hdr.sgml : 20220621 20220518154728 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-22-154005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220518 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001116463 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 364370966 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 E FIRST ST CITY: BETHLEHEM STATE: PA ZIP: 18015 BUSINESS PHONE: 5036416115 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 E FIRST ST CITY: BETHLEHEM STATE: PA ZIP: 18015 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

220 East First Street

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015

May 18, 2022

VIA EDGAR

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Life Sciences

100 F Street NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn: Michael Davis and Celeste Murphy

 

Re:

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-3

Filed February 10, 2022 (File No. 333-262633)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, OraSure Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-262633) (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated so that the Company’s Registration Statement will become effective at 4:00 PM, Eastern Time, on May 20, 2022, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.

Please contact Jennifer Porter of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, counsel to the Company, at (215) 981-4339 to provide notice of effectiveness or if you have any questions or comments concerning this request.

 

Very truly yours,
ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:   /s/ Agnieszka Gallagher
  Name:  Agnieszka Gallagher
  Title:    Senior Vice President, General Counsel and              Secretary