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Sequenom names new chief medical officer

Before joining Sequenom, Dr Bombard was the CEO of Lenetix Medical Laboratory of Mineola, New York. Prior to joining Lenetix, Dr Bombard was chief medical officer of Sharp Mary Birch Hospital in San Diego.

Dr Bombard has received his BA degree from Colgate University, his doctor of medicine degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and completed an MBA at the University of San Diego.

Harry Stylli, president and CEO of Sequenom, said: “Allan has played an instrumental role in the development of our noninvasive prenatal diagnostic division, including serving as the principal investigator in a screening study to clinically assess the company’s noninvasive prenatal diagnostic technology for the detection of Down syndrome from a maternal blood sample. We are very pleased to have his leadership and experience on a full-time basis, and we welcome him aboard.”