OraSure Technologies to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners' Healthcare Tailwinds 2004 Conference

BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2004--OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NM:OSUR) today announced that Douglas A. Michels, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Ronald H. Spair, Chief Financial Officer, will speak to the investment community at the Thomas Weisel Partners' Healthcare Tailwinds 2004 Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, at approximately 4:25 pm Eastern Time (1:25 pm Pacific Time) on September 8, 2004. 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 September 13, 2004, on OraSure Technologies' web site. Alternatively, you can access the live webcast on the Internet on September 8 at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=24278

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.

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-1. In addition, the Company supplies oral-fluid testing solutions for drugs of abuse testing. For more information on the Company, please go to www.orasure.com.

    CONTACT: OraSure Technologies, Inc.
             Ronald H. Spair, 610-882-1820
             Investorinfo@orasure.com
             www.orasure.com

    SOURCE: OraSure Technologies, Inc.