VENLO, THE NETHERLANDS -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 02, 2006 -- QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN) (Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA), a leading provider of molecular diagnostics products and the world's premier supplier of solutions for preanalytical sample preparation, today announced that it has entered a strategic agreement with the British Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), one of the world's leading laboratories in the field of veterinary testing.
