OraSure Technologies to Participate at the Thirteenth Annual Needham Growth Conference

BETHLEHEM, Pa., Jan 7, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) --OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSUR) today announced that Douglas A. Michels, President and Chief Executive Officer, will speak to the investment community at the Thirteenth Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York at approximately 10:40 am Eastern Time (7:40 am Pacific Time) on Tuesday, January 11, 2011. The conference will be simultaneously webcast over the Internet.

Interested investors can access the live audio webcast of the discussion by going to OraSure Technologies' web site, www.orasure.com, and clicking on the Investor Information link. A replay of the audio webcast will be available until January 18, 2011, on OraSure Technologies' web site.

About OraSure Technologies

OraSure Technologies develops, manufactures and markets oral fluid specimen collection devices using proprietary oral fluid technologies, diagnostic products including immunoassays and other in vitro diagnostic tests, and other medical devices. These products are sold in the United States as well as internationally to various clinical laboratories, hospitals, clinics, community-based organizations and other public health organizations, distributors, government agencies, physicians' offices, and commercial and industrial entities.

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For more information on the Company, please go to www.orasure.com

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OraSure Technologies, Inc. 

CONTACT:

Ronald H. Spair

Chief Financial Officer

610-882-1820

Investorinfo@orasure.com

www.orasure.com