Quidel's products are sold to healthcare professionals with afocus on the physician office lab and

Quidel's products are sold to healthcare professionals with afocus on the physician office lab and acute care markets through leading medicaldistribution partners on a worldwide basis. Quidel's Specialty Products Group(SPG) develops research products in the fields of oncology and bone health withpotential future point-of-care applications. By building value in rapiddiagnostic tests, Quidel provides leadership to the industry and amonghealthcare professionals allowing for the movement of patient testing out of thecentral laboratory setting and into the physician office, urgent care and otheroutpatient settings where rapid testing and treatment have an impact on clinicaloutcomes and provide an economic benefit. For more information, visit, , or This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of thefederal securities laws that involve material risks, assumptions anduncertainties. Many possible events or factors could affect our future financialresults and performance, such that our actual results and performance may differmaterially from those that may be described or implied in the forward-lookingstatements. Food and Drug Administration, intellectual property, productliability, environmental or other litigation, potential required patent licensefee payments not currently reflected in our costs, potential inadequacy ofbooked reserves and possible impairment of goodwill, and lower-than-anticipatedsales or market penetration of our new products.Forward-looking statementstypically are identified by the use of terms such as "may," "will," "should,""might," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," and similar words, although someforward-looking statements are expressed differently.

The risks described under"Risk Factors" in reports and registration statements that we file with the SECfrom time to time should be carefully considered. You are cautioned not to placeundue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management`sanalysis only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligationto publicly release the results of any revision or update of the forward-lookingstatements, except as required by law. Radak, Chief Financial Officer858-646-8032orMedia and Investors Contact:Porter Novelli Life SciencesParag Copyright Business Wire 2009. There is talk in the various political forums that dot the internet as well as the BBC's Have Your Say that many would like to see a boycott of the World Cup in South Africa in two years time because of the support that Thabo Mbeki, the president of the country, has towards Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF Party allegedly won the presidential runoff election on June 27th after a campaign of intimidation and violence towards those who supported the opposition. Many governments around the world saw the election as undemocratic and the Mugabe government as illegitimate.As well, many would like to see the upcoming Olympics in Beijing boycotted because of the human rights violations they have, their policy towards Tibet, their involvement in Darfur and other things.The Olympics and other international sporting events have been traditionally seen as a place of competing without any political talk or political action happening.

However, it is also seen as a place to get an international audience because of the power that the media has, which leads to political activism trying to get in the way.Politics and sports, more specifically the Olympics, is not a new phenomenon. After having a less-than-impressive draft, possibly because they don't need to fill any voids, the Pistons are scanning the free agent market to pick up a All-Star type player.Enter Josh Smith, a 6'9" forward who can almost do everything. It's early in free agent season and most NBA teams are looking to find that one guy who can carry their team to a NBA Title.The Pistons are one of those teams. Premierdoes not undertake any obligation to update any forward-lookingstatement, except as required under applicable law.Copyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. Anumber of important factors could cause actual results to differmaterially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.