OraSure Technologies Invites You to Join Its Second Quarter 2001 Financial Results Conference Call on the Web, Friday, July 27, 2001, at 11:00 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. PT

BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2001--OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSUR) will hold its quarterly conference call with financial analysts to discuss second quarter 2001 financial results on Friday, July 27, 2001, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Pacific).

The call will be preceded by the release of the Company's results, which will occur before the market opens on that day.

On the call will be Robert Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Mike Gausling, President and Chief Operating Officer, Rich Hooper, Chief Financial Officer, and Sam Niedbala, Chief Science Officer and Executive Vice President. In addition to the Company's financial performance, the call will cover business developments and certain forward-looking statements.

This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at OraSure's web site at www.orasure.com. In order to access the webcast, please go to the Investor Relations page of the OraSure Technologies web site at least ten minutes prior to 11:00 am Eastern Time (8:00 am Pacific Time), on Friday, July 27, 2001.

If you are unable to attend the live webcast, the call will be archived on the Company's web site for 30 days. To access the replay, click on www.orasure.com and go to the Investor Relations page of the site. If you do not have Internet access, a telephonic replay of the call will also be available until July 30, 2001, by dialing 888/203-1112 (Domestic), or 719/457-0820 (International), and entering the confirmation number 437867.

The webcast will also be distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network such as America Online's Personal Finance Channel, Fidelity Investments(R) (Fidelity.com) and others. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

About OraSure

OraSure Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets medical devices and diagnostic products for use by public- and private-sector clients, clinical laboratories, physicians' offices and workplace testing.

OraSure Technologies is the leading supplier of oral fluid collection devices and assays to the life insurance industry and public health markets for the detection of antibodies to HIV. In addition, the company supplies oral fluid testing solutions for drugs of abuse testing. For more information on the company please visit www.orasure.com.