Myriad Genetics

Myriad Genetics, Inc. is an American genetic testing and precision medicine company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Myriad employs a number of proprietary technologies that permit doctors and patients to understand the genetic basis of human disease and the role that genes play in the onset, progression and treatment of disease. This information is used to guide the development of new products that assess an individual's risk for developing disease later in life (predictive medicine), identify a patient's likelihood of responding to a particular drug therapy (precision medicine), assess a patient's risk of disease progression and disease recurrence (precision medicine), and measure disease activity.

Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: MYGN
S&P 600 Component
IndustryHealthcare
Molecular Diagnostics
Biotechnology
Precision Medicine
FoundedSalt Lake City, Utah, United States (1991)
HeadquartersSalt Lake City, Utah
Key people
Paul J. Diaz, President and CEO
Mark Skolnick, Co-Founder
Peter Meldrum, Co-Founder
Kevin Kimberlin, Co-Founder
Jerry Lanchbury, CSO
Walter Gilbert, Director and Vice Chair
Revenue $690.6 Million(2021)
Number of employees
2,600
Websitewww.myriad.com
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