QIAGEN Welcomes 3,000th Employee in 20th year of U.S. ...(han 105000 jobs in Maryland -- or 5.5 pe...)

Date:12/15/2008

han 105,000 jobs in Maryland -- or 5.5 percent of the state's private sector employment. QIAGEN's commitment is further evidence of Maryland's position as one of the world's leading locations for biotechnology innovation. Under Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's BIO 2020 initiative, Maryland intends to invest another $1.3 billion in the state's bioscience industry -- the largest per capita investment in the biosciences made by any state in the country -- over the next 10 years to attract and further grow foreign and domestic biotech companies in the region.

About QIAGEN:

QIAGEN N.V., a Netherlands holding company, is the leadingglobalprovider 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 one of the broadest panels 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 3,000 people in over 30 locations worldwide. Further information about QIAGEN can be found at www.qiagen.com.

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