OraSure Technologies Invites You to Join Its 2003 Third Quarter Financial Results Conference Call

BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2003--OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq NM:OSUR) will host a conference call with analysts and an audio webcast to discuss the Company's third quarter 2003 financial results beginning at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time) on Tuesday, October 28, 2003. The call will be preceded by the release of the Company's third quarter 2003 financial results, which will occur immediately after the market closes that day.

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 Information link. 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, 2003, by dialing 800-642-1687 (Domestic) or 706-645-9291 (International) and entering the Conference ID #3261825.

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 develops, manufactures and markets oral fluid specimen collection devices and tests and other diagnostic products using its proprietary technologies, including immunoassays and other in vitro diagnostic tests and other medical devices. These products are sold in the United States and certain foreign countries to clinical laboratories, hospitals, clinics, community-based organizations and other public health organizations, distributors, government agencies, physicians' offices, and commercial and industrial entities. For more information on the Company, please visit www.orasure.com.

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

    SOURCE: OraSure Technologies, Inc.