Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation Provides Periodic Update to Shareholders Regarding Litigation

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq:TKMR) (TSX:TKM), a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, disclosed that its motions to dismiss for lack of standing and to disqualify Alnylam's counsel have been denied in the patent infringement lawsuit filed on January 17, 2012 by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, clearing the way for Tekmira to provide the customary answer to this complaint filed in January 2012.