Bio-Reference Laboratories Names John W. Littleton Vice President of Sales.

Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers

ELMWOOD PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002

Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRLI) announced today that John W. Littleton has joined the Company as Vice President of Sales.

Mr. Littleton brings to Bio-Reference more than a decade of experience at the national laboratories. He spent more than four years ending in late 2001 at Specialty Laboratories building their sales force and leading the effort that resulted in more than a three hundred percent increase in revenues. Prior to that, Mr. Littleton spent eight years at Quest Diagnostics where he quickly rose through the sales ranks to become Northeast Regional Vice President of Sales.

Marc D. Grodman M.D., President and CEO of Bio-Reference stated, "Our goal at Bio-Reference is to assemble the most talented management team in our industry; John Littleton helps us toward that goal. We are committed to growing Bio-Reference's presence as both a regional laboratory and as a focused marketing specialty laboratory. John's experience at Quest and at Specialty Labs uniquely qualifies him to help us implement that strategy. His experience at Quest has left him with intimate knowledge of our region and under his direction Specialty became a market leader in many of the areas in which we have directed our focused specialty marketing. More importantly, John is a motivated team player who will dedicate himself and our sales efforts to implement the Bio-Reference strategy. We believe that our outstanding growth and improved shareholder value have been fueled primarily because of the experience, dedication and expertise of our management. John is now a valuable member of that team."

About Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc.

The Company is the largest independent regional clinical laboratory in the Northeast and has major market positions in physician offices, nursing homes and correctional institutions. The Company is a full service clinical laboratory with specialty capability, especially in the areas of genomics, oncology, correctional health, and complimentary medicine. PSIMedica, a business unit of the Company, is a clinical knowledge management (CKM) organization offering an array of information solutions for reducing healthcare costs and improving quality performance that are based on a flexible, scalable software analytical engine that utilizes all available source information, including claims data, enrollment data, prescription data and laboratory data. The Company provides a comprehensive connectivity solution to physicians that includes disease management, laboratory reporting and ordering, as well as claims eligibility and processing through CareEvolve, its web-based healthcare portal.