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First Oral Screening Test for Drugs of Abuse!
Posted by FoM on June 09, 1999 at 19:14:13 PT
Source: Excite News
Avitar, Inc. has appointed Harvey Katzen and Greg Miller as Regional Sales Managers for the Northwest and Western Regions, respectively. They will occupy newly created positions in support of Avitar's OralScreen(tm) product, the first oral screening test for drugs of abuse. OralScreen(tm) uses saliva to test for marijuana, cocaine and opiates.
"We are delighted to welcome Harvey and Greg to Avitar. They each bring over fifteen years of sales experience in our two primary markets. Harvey's particular strength is his depth of knowledge of medical laboratories and payor pricing contracts, which provides us with inside knowledge of how screening tests are perceived and positioned within the occupational health market, " said Peter P. Phildius, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Avitar. "Greg has extensive experience with the public safety market, which will be another important area for us."We are aggressively staffing our national sales team to support OralScreen(tm) and anticipate having a full force in place by the end of summer," he commented. Avitar introduced OralScreen(tm) in April 1999 and is developing another oral screening product that will test for five different substances.Harvey Katzen was most recently responsible for national accounts corporate business development at Quest Diagnostic, Inc., a medical laboratory company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Greg Miller was formerly Director of Sales for Draeger Safety, Inc., a breath analysis test company located in Colorado.Avitar, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets healthcare products including a proprietary line of polyurethane wound care dressings and rapid diagnostic test products. The Company is focusing on the development of oral fluids technology for detecting drugs of abuse. For more information, see Avitar's Web Page at www.avitarinc.com.This release contains forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including capital raising efforts and the development of new applications, that are detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.avitarinc.com/hotprod.htm
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