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Biotechnology ResearchUtah, United States51-200 Employees
BioFire Defense is a biotechnology research company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 79 West 4500 South Suite 14, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, United States. The organization is a member of the bioMérieux family and employs 51-200 people. Its mission is to align readiness across government agencies to protect against biothreats and emerging infectious diseases, providing actionable biothreat detection and diagnostic intelligence for U.S. government, military, and public health partners. The company has engaged in government collaborations and manufacturing expansions, including a 2020 DPA Title III agreement with the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services to expand domestic production capacity for molecular diagnostics, and expansion of its Salt Lake City facility. In recent years, BioFire Defense has participated in regulatory and government milestones, including FDA marketing approvals for the Next Generation Diagnostics System Infectious Disease Panel (Global Fever Panel) and the External Control Kit, and a January 2022 notice regarding Test 2, which had not yet been delivered.