Everything about Charles River Laboratories Inc totally explained
Charles River Laboratories, Inc. 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, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Controversy
The company has been the target of
animal rights activists in the UK. It ran
Shamrock Farm in West Sussex, which closed in 2000 following a 15-month campaign by animal rights campaigners. It also has a large site at Manston Road,
Margate, Kent, where it breeds chickens, rabbits, mice, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, and gerbils.
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