OraSure Technologies, Inc. (OSUR), President and CEO, to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, June 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (OSUR), developer, manufacturer and marketer of the nation's only FDA-approved rapid HIV test that can be used with oral fluid and blood, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square. 

In honor of the 17th Annual National HIV Testing Day, Douglas Michels, President and Chief Executive Officer and Frank J. Oldham, President and CEO of the National Association of People with AIDS will ring the Opening Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Monday, June 27th, 2011 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET     

Contact: Michael Levey [phone] [e-mail]

NASDAQ MarketSite: Jen Knapp [phone] [e-mail]

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About OraSure Technologies, Inc. (OSUR):

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.

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). 

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