OraSure Technologies, Inc. is a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania–based company in the medical device industry.
[6] The company had previously developed products to rapidly check for Hepatitis C and Ebola.
[6] OraSure created the OraQuick test, which can detect the presence of HIV from a mouth swab within 20 minutes.
[1] In 2004, the company began marketing OraQuick to health care practitioners.
[7] The test was more accurate at clearing patients who didn't have the disease, correctly identifying HIV-negative users 99 percent of the time.