WayPoint Biomedical's Health Essist® Marijuana & Cocaine and Multi-Drug Cup Home Drug Tests, USFDA Cleared for OTC

Filed in archive Diagnostics on September 1, 2006

WayPoint Biomedical Holdings, Inc. has been granted USFDA clearance for their two new over-the-counter (OTC) home use drug tests: the Health Essist® Marijuana & Cocaine and Multi-Drug Cup (tests for 7 different drugs) tests.

These drug tests will be entering the rapidly growing OTC Drugs-of-Abuse Testing Market this fall, which would provide an easy-to-use, highly affordable, premium quality set of tests.

According to Phil Richer, WayPoint Global Director of Sales & Marketing:

"We are very excited with the tremendous news that our drugs-of-abuse tests are now cleared for OTC commercialization. The Health Essist(R) line has been developed to allow the public to purchase affordable tests for use in the privacy of their own homes.

Our home drug tests were developed to address the ever growing Substance abuse issue; providing parents with additional tools to help combat this problem."

The urine-based drug tests, having over 99% accuracy includes a feature that will allow the purchaser to anonymously submit their sample to an independent laboratory for outside confirmation if he/she likes.

Read the full press release.