Webcast of QIAGEN N.V.'s (Nasdaq: QGEN) Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Financial Results Call Set for February 9

VENLO, Netherlands, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- QIAGEN N.V. (Nasdaq: QGEN) today announced the Webcast of its fourth quarter and year-end 2009 financial results call. The Webcast will take place at 9:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, February 9, and will include remarks by Peer M. Schatz, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Roland Sackers, Chief Financial Officer.

    
    
    What:    Webcast of QIAGEN's fourth quarter and year-end 2009 financial 
             results call
    When:    9:30 a.m. EST on February 9
    Where:   The Webcast is accessible at www.qiagen.com/goto/ConferenceCall
    How:     Log on to the Web at the address above

The corresponding presentation slides are available for download in the investor relations section of QIAGEN's Web site at www.qiagen.com/goto/ConferenceCall.

Contact:  Andreas Marathovouniotis, Russo Partners, (212) 845-4235

QIAGEN N.V., a Netherlands holding company, is the leading provider of sample and assay technologies. Sample technologies are used to isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from biological samples such as blood or tissue. Assay technologies are used to make such isolated biomolecules visible. QIAGEN has developed and markets more than 500 consumable products as well as automated solutions for such consumables. The company provides its products to molecular diagnostics laboratories, academic researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and applied testing customers for purposes such as forensics, animal or food testing and pharmaceutical process control. QIAGEN's assay technologies include what is considered to be the broadest panel of molecular diagnostic tests available worldwide. This panel includes the only FDA-approved test for human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer.

QIAGEN employs more than 3,400 people in over 30 locations worldwide. Further information about QIAGEN can be found at www.qiagen.com.

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SOURCE QIAGEN N.V.