Meridian Bioscience to Present at the Robert W. Baird 2007 Growth Stock Conference

Business Wire, May 3, 2007

CINCINNATI -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO) today announced that the Company has been invited to present at the Robert W. Baird 2007 Growth Stock Conference on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 12:35 p.m. CDT at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. Bill Motto, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Jack Kraeutler, President and Chief Operating Officer, are scheduled to present. A question and answer session will follow the Company's presentation. The information provided during the session may not have been previously disclosed.

Meridian invites investors to listen to management's remarks on the Company's website at www.meridianbioscience.com. The link to the Conference is on our Investor Relations home page. The archived broadcast will be available for 90 days.

Meridian is a fully integrated life science company that manufactures, markets and distributes a broad range of innovative diagnostic test kits, purified reagents and related products and offers biopharmaceutical enabling technologies. Utilizing a variety of methods, these products and diagnostic tests provide accuracy, simplicity and speed in the early diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions, such as gastrointestinal, viral and respiratory infections. Meridian's diagnostic products are used outside of the human body and require little or no special equipment. The Company's products are designed to enhance patient well-being while reducing the total outcome costs of healthcare. Meridian has strong market positions in the areas of gastrointestinal and upper respiratory infections, serology, parasitology and fungal disease diagnosis. In addition, Meridian is a supplier of rare reagents, specialty biologicals and related technologies used by biopharmaceutical companies engaged in research for new drugs and vaccines. The Company markets its products and technologies to hospitals, reference laboratories, research centers, veterinary testing centers, physician offices, diagnostics manufacturers and biotech companies in more than 60 countries around the world. The Company's shares are traded through NASDAQ's Global Select Market, symbol VIVO. Meridian's website address is www.meridianbioscience.com.