A Salt Lake City biotech company with a patent for a key breast cancer test is getting a bad reputation in Canada and Europe. Organiza-tions in both countries are challenging its patents.

Myriad Genetics, Inc., a ten-year-old biotech venture, has patents covering the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, mutations in which are believed to cause at least 10 percent of all breast cancer. The patents cover tests for these mutations.

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