VENLO, THE NETHERLANDS -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 02, 2007 -- QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN), the worldwide leading provider of sample and assay technologies for life sciences, applied testing and molecular diagnostics, today announced that it has received the distinguished New Product Award (NPA) Designation of the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) for QIAcube, the company's revolutionary new platform for sample preparation. The award was presented on January 30 to QIAGEN at LabAutomation in Palm Springs, CA, the world's largest conference and exhibition on emerging and merging laboratory technologies, where QIAGEN officially introduced the QIAcube to the public on January 29.
