Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) is an American corporation specializing in a broad spectrum of pre-clinical and clinical laboratory services for the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries. It is the world's largest supplier of animals for laboratory experimentation, and has been described as the "General Motors of the laboratory animal industry. It also supplies a range of biomedical products and research and dev... more

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) is an American corporation specializing in a broad spectrum of pre-clinical and clinical laboratory services for the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries. It is the world's largest supplier of animals for laboratory experimentation, and has been described as the "General Motors of the laboratory animal industry. It also supplies a range of biomedical products and research and development outsourcing services for use in the pharmaceutical industry. According to its website, its customers include every major pharmaceutical and biotechnology company in the world, leading academic institutions, and government research centers. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered at 251 Ballardvale Street, Wilmington, Massachusetts, in the Boston metropolitan area. The chief executive officer is James C. Foster. With over 8,500 employees, the company has facilities in Canada, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy,... less