VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/02/13 -- Response Biomedical Corp. (TSX:RBM)(OTCBB:RPBIF) today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey L. Purvin will be presenting at the OneMedForum Healthcare conference to be held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. PT. A link to the webcast will be made available on the day of the presentation and for 60 days thereafter at www.responsebio.com.

About Response Biomedical Corp.

Response develops, manufactures and markets rapid on-site diagnostic tests for use with its RAMP® platform for clinical and environmental applications. RAMP® represents a unique paradigm in diagnostics that provides reliable laboratory quality results in minutes. It is ideally suited to both point of care testing and laboratory use.

The RAMP® system consists of a reader and single-use disposable test cartridges, and has the potential to be adapted to more than 250 medical and non-medical tests currently performed in laboratories. RAMP® clinical tests are commercially available for the early detection of heart attack, congestive heart failure, Influenza A+B and RSV through our commercial partners and distributors. In the non-clinical market, RAMP® tests are currently provided for the environmental detection of West Nile Virus and Biodefense applications including the rapid on-site detection of anthrax, smallpox, ricin and botulinum toxin.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Many factors may cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement, including the factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulatory authorities, including but not limited to our amended annual report on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, our Annual Information Form and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulatory authorities.