Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements of Quidel Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company” or “Quidel”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation (consisting of normal recurring accruals) have been included.

The information at March 31, 2022, and for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, is unaudited. For further information, refer to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2021 included in the Company’s 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Operating results for any quarter are historically seasonal in nature and are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year.

For 2022 and 2021, the Company’s fiscal year will end or has ended on January 1, 2023 and January 2, 2022, respectively. For 2022 and 2021, the Company’s first quarter ended on April 3, 2022 and April 4, 2021, respectively. For ease of reference, the calendar quarter end dates are used herein. The three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 each included 13 weeks.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Regulatory Accounting

Significant Accounting Policies

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, there have been no changes to our significant accounting policies as described in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.