CURATIVE INC. TO BRING HUNDREDS OF JOBS TO PFLUGERVILLE

Curative, Inc. plans to open their third lab facility in the country at 1700 Royston in Pflugerville, providing coronavirus testing and beginning the first roll-out of mobile testing kiosks in Texas with a self-administered oral fluid swab, according to Amy Madison, Executive Director, Pflugerville Community Development Corporation.

“We were fortunate to work with Opportunity Austin and find a home for Curative, Inc., who is delivering a fast, safe, and painless sample collection method for Texas residents,” she said.

“The company selected our area to access a capable workforce with plans to hire their first 150 technicians and healthcare workers in the next few weeks in order to process 10,000 samples daily.”

Curative, Inc. has lab facilities in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, California, and are expanding in Texas and will hire over 300 workers to provide immediate response to the COVID-19 testing needed throughout the state. In July, Curative Inc. began providing the new self-administered oral fluid testing to the City of Pflugerville during the free walk-up testing site at Pflugerville Pfield.

“Once again Pflugerville is on the forefront with the fight against COVID-19, as Curative Inc brings their new kiosk technology and laboratory to Pflugerville to increase COVID-19 testing, expedite result availability and create jobs in our community,” Mayor Victor Gonzales said.

The new process was developed by the company as an alternative to nasal or nasopharyngeal swab testing for COVID-19 and emphasizes fast turnaround times of 24-48 hours, according to company officials.

“We are proud to bring our third laboratory to Pflugerville to support COVID-19 testing locally and to improve testing capacity for the entire state. The great workforce, location, and community partnership opportunities made Pflugerville an easy choice for expanding our laboratory operations,” said Fred Turner, CEO and Co-Founder of Curative Inc.

While at the drive thru, kiosk or mobile van, individuals are instructed to cough three times and then run a swab on the inside of their cheeks for 20 seconds. Once complete, the patient seals their sample and deposits it into the indicated container, the patient will receive test results within 24 to 48 hours. The entire Curative test is done without having to come into close contact with others, therefore eliminating the need for PPE changes.

To date, Curative has processed more than 4 million samples nationwide and is scaling to test 1 million samples per week. Curative provides an end-to-end testing solution, from sourcing of materials and kit distribution, training healthcare workers for test deployment, processing samples in the laboratory, and sending patient results.

The company was assisted by real estate representative, Zane Cole, JLL Austin, on the lease contract.

Individuals interested in applying for positions in Pflugerville with Curative Inc. can visit the company website at curativeinc.com

About Curative Inc.

Curative Inc. was founded to develop tests for sepsis in January 2020 and pivoted to COVID-19 in early March 2020 upon realizing the urgent need for test development and production in the United States. Curative is currently operational with a CLIA-certified lab in Los Angeles, CA and Washington, D.C. Co-founded by Fred Turner and comprised of a team of doctors, scientists, engineers, and health industry experts, the Curative test is a simple-to-use oral fluid COVID-19 test that can be rapidly scaled to enable widespread access to testing to keep our communities safe. For more details on Curative, please visit www.curativeinc.com.

The Curative Test

Curative oral-fluid swab testing is an alternative method to nasopharyngeal or brain swabs in testing for COVID-19. The self-administered oral fluid swab involves having the person cough first, which releases virus from the upper and lower respiratory tract. The virus is then caught in the saliva, the patient then swabs the inside of their cheeks and the roofs of their mouths. The

entire Curative test is done without having to come into close contact with others, therefore eliminating the need for PPE changes.