Item 7.01 - Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 17, 2021, OraSure Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an agreement with the Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority ("BARDA"), which is part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), pursuant to which BARDA will provide up to $13.6 million in funding for the Company to obtain 510(k) clearance and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments ("CLIA") waiver of the Company's InteliSwab™ COVID-19 rapid test from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). On September 23, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing this agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item and attached Exhibit shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information and Exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The fact that the information and Exhibit are being furnished should not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information contained therein. The Company undertakes no duty or obligation to publicly update or revise the information contained in this Current Report or attached Exhibit.

Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits




Exhibit
Number                                  Description

 99.1       Press Release dated September 23, 2021, announcing a funding
          agreement between OraSure Technologies, Inc. and the Biomedical
          Advanced Research Development Authority.

  104     Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
          document).







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