OraSure Technologies Invites You To Join Its 2002 Third Quarter Financial Results Conference...

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BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2002

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq NM:OSUR) will host a conference call with analysts and an audio webcast to discuss the Company's third quarter 2002 financial results and certain business developments beginning

In order to listen to the conference call, please either dial 888-742-2024 (Domestic) or 706-643-0033 (International) or go to OraSure Technologies' web site, www.orasure.com, and click on the Investor Info link at the top of the page. A replay of the call will be archived on OraSure Technologies' web site shortly after the call has ended and will be available for seven days. A replay of the call can also be accessed until October 31, 2002, by dialing 800-642-1687 (Domestic) or 706-645-9291 (International) and entering the Conference ID no. 6115750.

The webcast will also be distributed over the CCBN (Corporate Communications Broadcast Network) Investor Distribution Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

About OraSure Technologies

OraSure Technologies, Inc. is the market leader for oral fluid diagnostics. The Company develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and diagnostic products for use by insurance companies, public health agencies, clinical laboratories, physicians' offices, and workplace sites. For more information on the Company, please visit www.orasure.com.