SAN DIEGO and ST OUEN L’AUMONE, France, — Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced that it, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine (Sequenom CMM), has entered into technology licensing and marketing agreements with Laboratoire Cerba in France for noninvasive prenatal aneuploidy testing. These agreements will expand access to Sequenom CMM’s MaterniT21™ PLUS laboratory-developed test and the technology used in the test to healthcare providers and their patients via Laboratoire Cerba’s network in France, Belgium, Luxembourgand portions of the Middle East and Africa.

“This new relationship with Laboratoire Cerba, one of the leading diagnostics service providers in Europe, will enable us to leverage Laboratoire Cerba’s strong network of facilities to provide healthcare providers and their patients with access to our innovative noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) technology,” said William Welch, President and COO, Sequenom, Inc. “We look forward to collaborating with Cerba to continue to build upon the momentum we’ve seen with the adoption of our testing services worldwide.”

Under the terms of the license agreement, Sequenom will license its cell-free fetal nucleic acid technology to Laboratoire Cerba to establish its noninvasive fetal aneuploidy testing service in France. Laboratoire Cerba will also have rights to market its noninvasive testing service in multiple countries, including France,Luxembourg, Belgium, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Burkina Fasoand Cameroun. Effective immediately, the contract term for the technology license is active through 2018.

“Combining Sequenom CMM’s prenatal testing technology with our laboratory testing expertise and network is great news for expectant families in Europe, as we will be able to provide them important information about their pregnancies in an accurate, safe and efficient method,” said Sylvie CADO, COO, Laboratoire Cerba. “We believe our markets are anxious for access to NIPT technology, and we are enthusiastic to develop this innovative test in France. This collaboration gives us the opportunity to increase our portfolio in the field of noninvasive prenatal diagnosis. We look forward to a successful and productive relationship with Sequenom and Sequenom CMM.”

The MaterniT21 PLUS LDT analyzes the relative amount of 21, 18, 13, as well as X and Y chromosomal material in cell-free DNA. The test is intended for use in pregnant women at increased risk for fetal aneuploidy and can be used as early as 10 weeks’ gestation. Estimates suggest there are about 750,000 pregnancies at high risk for fetal aneuploidy each year in the United States. The MaterniT21 PLUS test is available exclusively through the Sequenom CMM as a testing service provided to physicians. To learn more about the test, please visit www.Sequenomcmm.com