(ROKA) Strengthens Management Team to Drive Growth

Appoints Mary Duseau as Chief Commercial Officer

WARREN, N.J., Feb. 5, 2015  — Roka Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKA), a molecular diagnostics company focused on providing advanced testing solutions for the detection of foodborne pathogens, today announced that Mary Duseau has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, reporting to Paul Thomas, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“I am pleased to announce the addition of Mary Duseau to our senior management team,” said Paul Thomas.  “Ms. Duseau has a distinguished background in commercial leadership and brings a level of experience and talent that we expect will help drive growth in our business and capitalize on opportunities for Roka to become a leader in the food safety testing market.”

Ms. Duseau brings more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience to her role as Chief Commercial Officer, most recently serving as Global Sales Director at Andor Technologies, a division of Oxford Instruments.  Prior to joining Andor Technologies, Ms. Duseau held various sales and management roles of increasing responsibility with Perkin Elmer from 2000 through 2012.

About Roka Bioscience

Roka Bioscience is a molecular diagnostics company focused on developing and commercializing advanced testing solutions for the food safety testing market. Our Atlas Detection Assays incorporate our advanced molecular technologies and are performed on our “sample-in, result-out” Atlas System that automates all aspects of molecular diagnostic testing on a single, integrated platform. The Atlas System and Detection Assays are designed to provide our customers with accurate and rapid test results with reduced labor costs and improved laboratory efficiencies. For more information, visit http://rokabio.com.

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