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Sequenom, Inc. Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against Aria Diagnostics

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Sequenom's request for preliminary injunction follows the lawsuit filed on January 24, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, which alleges that Aria infringes U.S. Patent No. 6,258,540 ("'540 patent"). Sequenom is requesting that the district court quickly intervene to stop Aria Diagnostics' continued infringement of the '540 patent.

Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine (Sequenom CMM) was the first to market a non-invasive prenatal diagnostics laboratory developed test (LDT) for chromosomal aneuploidy. Sequenom CMM's MaterniT21(TM) PLUS LDT detects a genetic chromosomal anomaly known as Trisomy 21, the most common cause of Down syndrome, and also detects trisomies 18 and 13. The test is available to physicians upon request in major metropolitan regions across the United States.