QIAGEN and BD Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuit

VENLO, the Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN, Frankfurt Stock Exchange: QIA) and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) announced today that they have reached a settlement in the patent infringement lawsuit related to QIAGEN’s NeuMoDx™ 96 and NeuMoDx™ 288 clinical PCR systems that QIAGEN acquired from NeuMoDx Inc. in 2020.

Under terms of the agreement, all pending patent and non-patent claims have been resolved between BD and QIAGEN and the co-defendants who were former officers of NeuMoDx in the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. BD will receive a one-time, lump-sum payment of $53 million. The settlement includes general releases of all parties with no admissions of wrongdoing.

This agreement does not affect QIAGEN’s outlook for net sales and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) for the fourth quarter and full-year 2021.

About QIAGEN

QIAGEN N.V., a Netherlands-based holding company, is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. Our sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA, and proteins from blood, tissue, and other materials. Assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. Automation solutions tie these together in seamless and cost-effective workflows. QIAGEN provides solutions to more than 500,000 customers around the world in Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare) and Life Sciences (academia, pharma R&D, and industrial applications, primarily forensics). As of September 30, 2021, QIAGEN employed approximately 6.000 people in over 35 locations worldwide. Further information can be found at https://www.qiagen.com.

Forward-Looking Statement

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Category: Corporate

Source: QIAGEN N.V.