UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 7, 2004

 

QUIDEL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    (858) 552-1100

 

Not Applicable

 (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Item 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On April 7, 2004, Quidel Corporation issued a press release announcing its expected revenues for its first fiscal quarter of 2004 and revised full-year 2004 financial guidance.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information in this Current Report, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section.  The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  April 20, 2004
	QUIDEL CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Paul E. Landers
	Name:		Paul E. Landers
	Its:		Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Press release dated April 7, 2004.

 

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