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  STATES</font></b></p>
  
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  D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
  
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  REPORT</font></b></p>
  
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  TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF THE</font></b></p>
  
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  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of report
  (Date of earliest event reported): <b>June&nbsp;5, 2008</b></font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">QUIDEL
  CORPORATION</font></b></p>
  
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  Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></p>
  
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware
    </font></b></p>
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    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.0%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0-10961
    </font></b></p>
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    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.0%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">94-2573850
    </font></b></p>
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    <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.0%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or Other
    Jurisdiction<br>
    of Incorporation)</font></p>
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    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.0%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Commission<br>
    File Number)</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.0%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(IRS Employer<br>
    Identification No.)</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.0%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">10165
    McKellar Court</font></b></p>
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    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.0%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">San
    Diego, California</font></b></p>
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    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.0%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">92121</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of
    Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>
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    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.0%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Zip Code)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registrant&#146;s
  telephone number, including area code:&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(858)
  552-1100</b></font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Not
  Applicable</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Former Name or
  Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box
  below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
  filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions (see
  General Instruction A.2. below):</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font> Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425
  under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font> Soliciting material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12
  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under
  the Exchange Act (17&nbsp;CFR&nbsp;240.14d-2(b))</p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
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  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange
  Act (17&nbsp;CFR&nbsp;240.13e-4(c))</p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
  June&nbsp;6, 2008, Quidel Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced the
  re-appointment of Robert J. Bujarski, as its Senior Vice President, General
  Counsel and Corporate Secretary based on the terms and conditions of the
  employment offer letter, dated June&nbsp;5, 2008, attached as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
  hereto (the &#147;Employment Offer Letter&#148;).&#160; </font>In
  connection with the appointment of Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski, the Company also entered
  into a change in control agreement with Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski as described in more
  detail below and consistent with the terms and conditions of the Company&#146;s
  other change in control agreements with its other senior vice presidents.&#160; A copy of the Agreement Re: Change in Control
  for Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;10.2.</font></p>
  
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  employee, which means that either Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski or the Company may
  terminate his employment at any time.&#160;
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  employment with the Company and provides for, among other matters: (i)&nbsp;a
  minimum base salary of $288,000 per annum; (ii)&nbsp;an annual bonus in
  accordance with the Company&#146;s bonus plan with a target bonus of 40% of Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski&#146;s
  base salary; (iii)&nbsp;a severance payment equal to six months of his annual
  salary in the event Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski&#146;s employment is terminated without cause
  and for reasons not subject to a change in control of the Company; and (iv)&nbsp;</font>equity
  grants as follows:</font></p>
  
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  50% on the second year anniversary and quarterly thereafter) with the purchase
  price set at the closing NASDAQ market price of the Company&#146;s common stock on
  the actual start date.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The
  Agreement Re: Change in Control for Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski provides for certain
  severance benefits to Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski </font>in the event of termination of
  his employment in connection with a change in control of the Company. The
  severance benefits are payable if employment with the Company is terminated
  within 30&nbsp;days prior to or three years following a change in control,
  unless terminated for cause or the termination is the result of a voluntary
  resignation (which does not include resignations stemming from a material
  adverse change in responsibilities, status, compensation, authority or location
  of work place) or death or disability.&#160;
  The severance benefits under the <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Agreement
  Re: Change in Control </font>generally consist of a lump sum cash payment equal
  to two (2)&nbsp;times the sum of (i)&nbsp;the executive&#146;s highest annual salary
  rate within the three (3)&nbsp;year period ending on the date of termination
  plus (ii)&nbsp;an amount equal to the annualized average of all bonuses and
  incentive compensation payments paid to such executive during the two (2)&nbsp;year
  period immediately before the date of termination. In addition, the Agreement
  Re: Change in Control provides for: payment of $25,000 to help pay the legal
  fees, tax and accounting fees and other costs associated with transitional
  matters; continued coverage for two (2)&nbsp;years under the Company&#146;s group
  medical insurance, group dental insurance, and disability insurance programs
  unless and to the extent the executive obtains concurrent coverage through
  another program in which case the Company&#146;s coverage will be terminated or
  reduced as applicable; and immediate vesting and exercisability of any and all
  unvested stock options and immediate and automatic lapse of any and all
  restrictions on any of executive&#146;s restricted stock (except to the extent the
  executive and the Company have agreed to otherwise in writing, including either
  prior to or subsequent to the execution of the Agreement Re: Change in
  Control).</font></p>
  
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  Employment Offer Letter and the Agreement Re: Change in Control for Mr.&nbsp;<font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Bujarski</font> provided above are qualified in
  their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, which are
  attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and incorporated
  herein by reference.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 75.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-75.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Departure
  of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
  Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</b></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 75.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-75.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(c)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; On June&nbsp;6, 2008, the Company
  announced the re-appointment of Robert J. Bujarski, as the Company&#146;s Senior
  Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective June&nbsp;9,
  2008.</p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert J. Bujarski is 40 and from March&nbsp;2007
  through April&nbsp;2008 served as the Company&#146;s Senior Vice President, General
  Counsel and Corporate Secretary.&#160; Prior
  to that, from July&nbsp;2005 to March&nbsp;2007, he served as the Company&#146;s
  General Counsel and Vice President.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski
  was an associate attorney with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn&nbsp;&amp; Crutcher
  LLP in its transactions practice group from October&nbsp;2001 to July&nbsp;2005.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski received his B.A. degree in
  1991 and his law degree in 2001 from the University of Arizona.</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">The general terms and conditions of Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski&#146;s
  employment with the Company are set forth in the Employment Offer Letter
  discussed above in Item 1.01 of this current report on Form&nbsp;8-K.&#160; In addition and in connection with the
  appointment of Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski, </font>the Company entered into a change in
  control agreement with Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski, </font>also discussed above in Item&nbsp;1.01.&#160; The Employment Offer Letter and the Agreement
  Re: Change in Control for Mr.&nbsp;Bujarski are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively.</p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
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  Statements and Exhibits.</b></p>
  
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    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.74%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Employment Offer Letter,
    dated June&nbsp;5, 2008, between Quidel Corporation and Robert J. Bujarski.</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.74%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.2</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Agreement Re: Change in
    Control, entered into on June&nbsp;5, 2008, between Quidel Corporation and
    Robert J. Bujarski.</font></p>
    </td>
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  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.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
    John M. Radak</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John M. Radak,</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Its:</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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    dated June&nbsp;5, 2008, between Quidel Corporation and Robert J. Bujarski.</font></p>
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    Control, entered into on June&nbsp;5, 2008, between Quidel Corporation and
    Robert J. Bujarski.</font></p>
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text: 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):
  June 5, 2008
  QUIDEL
  CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Delaware
  0-10961
  94-2573850
  (State or Other
    Jurisdiction
  of Incorporation)
  (Commission
  File Number)
  (IRS Employer
  Identification No.)
  10165
    McKellar Court
  San
    Diego, California
  92121
  (Address of
    Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code:
  (858)
  552-1100
  Not
  Applicable
  (Former Name or
  Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  Check the appropriate box
  below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
  filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions (see
  General Instruction A.2. below):
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
  under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
  Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 1.01               Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
  On
  June 6, 2008, Quidel Corporation (the "Company") announced the
  re-appointment of Robert J. Bujarski, as its Senior Vice President, General
  Counsel and Corporate Secretary based on the terms and conditions of the
  employment offer letter, dated June 5, 2008, attached as Exhibit 10.1
  hereto (the "Employment Offer Letter").
  In
  connection with the appointment of Mr. Bujarski, the Company also entered
  into a change in control agreement with Mr. Bujarski as described in more
  detail below and consistent with the terms and conditions of the Company's
  other change in control agreements with its other senior vice presidents.  A copy of the Agreement Re: Change in Control
  for Mr. Bujarski is attached as Exhibit 10.2.
  Under the Employment Offer Letter, Mr. Bujarski is an "at-will"
  employee, which means that either Mr. Bujarski or the Company may
  terminate his employment at any time. 
  The Employment Offer Letter sets forth the terms and conditions of Mr. Bujarski's
  employment with the Company and provides for, among other matters: (i) a
  minimum base salary of $288,000 per annum; (ii) an annual bonus in
  accordance with the Company's bonus plan with a target bonus of 40% of Mr. Bujarski's
  base salary; (iii) a severance payment equal to six months of his annual
  salary in the event Mr. Bujarski's employment is terminated without cause
  and for reasons not subject to a change in control of the Company; and (iv)
  equity
  grants as follows:
  ·
  10,000 shares of restricted stock, vesting subject
  to the performance criteria established in the 2006 executive equity plan;
  ·
  30,000 shares of restricted stock, vesting subject
  to the performance criteria established in the 2007 executive equity plan;
  ·
  45,000 shares of time-based restricted stock, with
  3-year cliff vest; and
  ·
  50,000 options to purchase common stock (vesting
  50% on the second year anniversary and quarterly thereafter) with the purchase
  price set at the closing NASDAQ market price of the Company's common stock on
  the actual start date.
  The
  Agreement Re: Change in Control for Mr. Bujarski provides for certain
  severance benefits to Mr. Bujarski
  in the event of termination of
  his employment in connection with a change in control of the Company. The
  severance benefits are payable if employment with the Company is terminated
  within 30 days prior to or three years following a change in control,
  unless terminated for cause or the termination is the result of a voluntary
  resignation (which does not include resignations stemming from a material
  adverse change in responsibilities, status, compensation, authority or location
  of work place) or death or disability. 
  The severance benefits under the
  Agreement
  Re: Change in Control
  generally consist of a lump sum cash payment equal
  to two (2) times the sum of (i) the executive's highest annual salary
  rate within the three (3) year period ending on the date of termination
  plus (ii) an amount equal to the annualized average of all bonuses and
  incentive compensation payments paid to such executive during the two (2) year
  period immediately before the date of termination. In addition, the Agreement
  Re: Change in Control provides for: payment of $25,000 to help pay the legal
  fees, tax and accounting fees and other costs associated with transitional
  matters; continued coverage for two (2) years under the Company's group
  medical insurance, group dental insurance, and disability insurance programs
  unless and to the extent the executive obtains concurrent coverage through
  another program in which case the Company's coverage will be terminated or
  reduced as applicable; and immediate vesting and exercisability of any and all
  unvested stock options and immediate and automatic lapse of any and all
  restrictions on any of executive's restricted stock (except to the extent the
  executive and the Company have agreed to otherwise in writing, including either
  prior to or subsequent to the execution of the Agreement Re: Change in
  Control).
  2
  The descriptions of the
  Employment Offer Letter and the Agreement Re: Change in Control for Mr.
  Bujarski
  provided above are qualified in
  their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, which are
  attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and incorporated
  herein by reference.
  Item 5.02
  Departure
  of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
  Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
  (c)
  On June 6, 2008, the Company
  announced the re-appointment of Robert J. Bujarski, as the Company's Senior
  Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective June 9,
  2008.
  Robert J. Bujarski is 40 and from March 2007
  through April 2008 served as the Company's Senior Vice President, General
  Counsel and Corporate Secretary.  Prior
  to that, from July 2005 to March 2007, he served as the Company's
  General Counsel and Vice President.  Mr. Bujarski
  was an associate attorney with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  LLP in its transactions practice group from October 2001 to July 2005.  Mr. Bujarski received his B.A. degree in
  1991 and his law degree in 2001 from the University of Arizona.
  The general terms and conditions of Mr. Bujarski's
  employment with the Company are set forth in the Employment Offer Letter
  discussed above in Item 1.01 of this current report on Form 8-K.  In addition and in connection with the
  appointment of Mr. Bujarski,
  the Company entered into a change in
  control agreement with Mr. Bujarski,
  also discussed above in Item 1.01.  The Employment Offer Letter and the Agreement
  Re: Change in Control for Mr. Bujarski are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively.
  Item 9.01
  Financial
  Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit Number
  Description of Exhibit
  10.1
  Employment Offer Letter,
    dated June 5, 2008, between Quidel Corporation and Robert J. Bujarski.
  10.2
  Agreement Re: Change in
    Control, entered into on June 5, 2008, between Quidel Corporation and
    Robert J. Bujarski.
  3
  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:  June 6, 2008
  QUIDEL CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/
    John M. Radak
  Name:
  John M. Radak,
  Its:
  Chief Financial Officer
  4
  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit Number
  Description of Exhibit
  10.1
  Employment Offer Letter,
    dated June 5, 2008, between Quidel Corporation and Robert J. Bujarski.
  10.2
  Agreement Re: Change in
    Control, entered into on June 5, 2008, between Quidel Corporation and
    Robert J. Bujarski.
  5