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of the Securities and Exchange Act

      The following is the text of a press release issued by TheraSense, Inc. on January 13, 2004:

TheraSense Investors' Conference Call Alert

Tuesday January 13, 6:35 am ET

ALAMEDA, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TheraSense, Inc. (Nasdaq: THER - News), will conduct a Management Conference Call with W. Mark Lortz, TheraSense chairman, president and CEO and Charlie Liamos, chief operating officer and chief financial officer.

Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Time: 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)

To access the Conference Call & Replay:

	n	To participate in the live call from within the United States dial 888-238-1551
	n	To participate from outside the U.S. dial 973-582-2776
	n	If you are unable to participate in the live call, you can listen to the replay by dialing: 877-519-4471 or 973-341-3080 (replay passcode: 4431162).
	n	The replay of the conference call will be available from 9:30 a.m. (ET), Tuesday, January 13 through Sunday, January 18, 11:59 p.m. (ET)
	n	A live and archived webcast of the call will be available on the Company's website at www.therasense.com

     In connection with the proposed merger, TheraSense will file a proxy statement and other relevant documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AS IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE MERGER AND RELATED MATTERS. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO FREE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT (WHEN AVAILABLE) AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC BY THERASENSE THROUGH THE SEC WEB SITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV. THE PROXY STATEMENT AND RELATED MATERIALS MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED FOR FREE (WHEN AVAILABLE) FROM THERASENSE BY DIRECTING A REQUEST TO: INVESTOR RELATIONS, THERASENSE, INC., 1360 SOUTH LOOP ROAD, ALAMEDA, CA 94502; PHONE 510-749-5400.

     TheraSense and its directors, executive officers, certain members of management and employees, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed merger. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be considered to be participants in the solicitation of TheraSense's stockholders in connection with the proposed merger is set forth in TheraSense's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 filed with the SEC on March 27, 2003 and proxy statement for its 2003 annual meeting of stockholders filed with the SEC on March 27, 2003. Additional information will be set forth in the proxy statement when it is filed with the SEC.

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