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EATONTOWN, N.J., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc.(NASDAQ:OSTE) , a leader in the emerging field of biologicsolutions for regenerative medicine, announced today theappointment of Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. to its Board ofDirectors. Dr. Laurencin joined the Board of Directors effectiveSeptember 24, 2008 and will serve on both the Audit and theCompensation Committees of the Board of Directors.

Kenneth P. Fallon, III, Chairman of the Board of Directors,commented, "We are excited about the addition of Dr. Laurencin toOsteotech's Board. Cato's experience and expertise as a nationallyprominent orthopaedic surgeon will be of great assistance inhelping the Board support the Company's new product developmentinitiatives furthering its long-term growth objectives."

Since August 2008, Dr. Laurencin has been the Vice President forHealth Affairs and the Dean of the School of Medicine at theUniversity of Connecticut. Dr. Laurencin holds the Albert and WildaVan Dusen Endowed Chair in Academic Medicine and is theDistinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University ofConnecticut. Previously, Dr. Laurencin was the Lillian T. PrattDistinguished Professor and the Chair of the Department ofOrthopaedic Surgery at the University of Virginia and theOrthopaedic Surgeon-in-Chief at the University of Virginia HealthSystem. Dr. Laurencin has been widely published in scholarlyjournals and holds more than twenty U.S. patents. He is also amember of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy ofSciences.

Osteotech, Inc., headquartered in Eatontown, New Jersey, is aglobal leader in providing OsteoBiologic solutions for regenerativemedicine to support surgeons and their patients in the repair ofthe musculoskeletal system through the development of innovativetherapy-driven products that alleviate pain, promote biologichealing and restore function. For further information regardingOsteotech or this press release, please go to Osteotech's websiteat www.osteotech.com .

Contact:

Mark H. Burroughs
of Osteotech, Inc.
+1-732-542-2800

Web site: http://www.osteotech.com/

Source: Osteotech, Inc.