Orthovita to Participate in the RBC Capital Markets 2008 Healthcare Conference

Orthovita, Inc. (NASDAQ:VITA), a spine and orthopedic biosurgery company, announced today that it will participate in the RBC Capital Markets 2008 Healthcare Conference in New York. Antony Koblish, president and chief executive officer of Orthovita, will participate in a panel discussion entitled "Showing Some Spine–With Innovation” on Thursday, December 11^th, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, at The Westin New York at Times Square, 270 West 43^rd Street, New York, NY. An audio-only webcast of the panel discussion will be available and can be accessed for thirty days following the conference by visiting http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc95/panel25.

About the Company

Orthovita is a spine and orthopedic biosurgery company with proprietary biomaterials and biologic technologies for the development and commercialization of synthetic, biologically active, tissue engineering products. We develop and market synthetic-based biomaterials products for use in spine surgery, the repair of fractures and a broad range of clinical needs in the trauma, joint reconstruction, revision and extremities markets. Our near-term commercial business is based on our VITOSS^® Bone Graft Substitute technology platforms, which are designed to address the non-structural bone graft market by offering synthetic alternatives to the use of autograft or cadaver-based bone material, VITAGEL^® Surgical Hemostat, which is an adherent matrix and an impermeable barrier to blood flow, and VITASURE™ Absorbable Hemostat. Our longer-term U.S. clinical development program is focused on our internally developed CORTOSS^® Bone Augmentation Material technology platform, which is primarily designed for injections in osteoporotic spines to treat vertebral compression fractures. We work jointly with Kensey Nash Corporation to develop and commercialize certain products based on our VITOSS platform, we market VITAGEL under a license agreement, we market VITASURE Absorbable Hemostat under a distribution rights agreement, and we continue to pursue similar relationships.

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 development, regulatory approval, demand and market acceptance of our products; our ability to obtain FDA clearance for CORTOSS in the United States; 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. Other 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 "Risks 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.