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Orthovita, Inc. (NASDAQ: VITA), an orthobiologics and biosurgery company, announced today that it will present at the Lazard Capital Markets 6 th Annual Healthcare Conference in New York City.

Antony Koblish, chief executive officer of Orthovita, is scheduled to present on Wednesday, November 18 th , at 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time, at the St. Regis Hotel, Two East 55 th Street at Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. A live webcast of the presentation will be available, and can be accessed for 90 days following the conference, by visiting www.wsw.com/webcast/lz6/vita/ : .



About the Company

Orthovita is an orthobiologics and biosurgery company that develops and markets novel medical devices. Our orthobiologics platform offers products for the fusion, regeneration and fixation of human bone. Our biosurgery

platform offers products for controlling intra-operative bleeding, also known as hemostasis. Our current fusion and regeneration products are based on our proprietary VITOSS TM Bone Graft Substitute technology and address the non-structural bone graft market with synthetic, bioactive alternatives to patient- and cadaver-derived bone tissue. CORTOSS TM Bone Augmentation Material, an injectable, polymer composite that mimics the structural characteristics of human bone, provides the basis for our fixation portfolio. CORTOSS received U.S. regulatory clearance in June 2009 for use in vertebral augmentation. Our hemostasis portfolio includes VITAGEL TM Surgical Hemostat, a unique, collagen-based matrix that controls bleeding and facilitates healing, and VITASURE™ Absorbable Hemostat, a plant-based product that can be deployed quickly throughout surgery.


Disclosure Notice

This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding Orthovita’s current expectations of future events that involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the demand and market acceptance of our products, including CORTOSS, our ability to successfully launch CORTOSS, our ability to achieve our sales and net loss forecast for 2009, and other aspects of our business. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or timeliness to differ materially from those addressed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such a difference are listed from time to time in reports filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including but not limited to risks described in our most recently filed Form 10-K under the caption "Risk Factors.” Further information about these and other relevant risks and uncertainties may be found in Orthovita’s filings with the SEC, all of which are available from the SEC as well as other sources. Orthovita undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements.

Orthovita, Inc.Nancy C. BroadbentSenior

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer610-640-1775 or
800-676-8482