Qiagen (NYSE:QGEN) reported quarterly earnings of $0.55 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.56 by 1.79 percent. This is a 17.02 percent increase over earnings of $0.47 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $483.00 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $507.25 million by 4.78 percent. This is a 5.28 percent increase over sales of $458.80 million the same period last year.