Charles River

Charles River delivers world-class science.

Charles River’s Discovery team has delivered more than 320 patents and 77 preclinical drug candidates to sponsors in the past 17 years. Backed by scientists around the world, our comprehensive, integrated portfolio employs the latest technology and platforms to provide chemistry, biology, and pharmacology services that support clients from the earliest stages of hit identification to IND and beyond. Our client-focused, collaborative approach creates true partnerships, where together we anticipate challenges, overcome obstacles, and move forward on the journey of getting new drugs to market.

A global contract research organization with more than 11,000 employees in 70 facilities across the globe, we continue to grow and evolve, keeping pace with the ever-changing landscape of today’s drug development. Our promise, “Every Step of the Way”, reflects a mission to provide end-to-end support of the entire drug development continuum to academia, small biotech startup firms, Big Pharma and industrial and agrochemical companies. With every program we support, we continue to focus on improving quality of life by helping to identify and develop compounds that prevent, treat and cure disease.

This philosophy has fueled Charles River’s success, attracting talented, passionate people who come to work every day eager to face the next big challenge. Among our sizeable workforce are many who have been with the company for not years, but decades. The longevity of many of our employees’ tenure is both a reflection of and testament to an environment that champions research, innovation and collaboration and to a shared, deep commitment to the organisation’s goals.

By continuing to grow in response to the needs of our clients, we now offer the most comprehensive, integrated portfolio of drug development products and services available from a single global provider, spanning the continuum from early research to the support of marketed products. Whether we are helping to chart the course from bench to clinic or working to achieve a study milestone, we are proud to partner with our clients on their journey of bringing new therapies to market.

Basic Research

  • Research Animal Models

  • CRADL®
  • Genetically Engineered Models and Services

  • 360 Diagnostics™

Discovery

  • Target Discovery and Validation
  • Assay Development and Screening 
  • Synthetic, Medicinal and Process Chemistry 
  • In Vitro ADME 
  • In Vitro and In Vivo Pharmacology 
  • Discovery Pharmacokinetics

Safety Assessment

  • Investigational New Drug (IND) Programs

  • Toxicology

  • Laboratory Sciences

  • Safety Pharmacology

  • Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

  • Environmental Impact Assessment of Human Pharmaceuticals

  • Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

Clinical Support

  • Clinical Pathology

  • Clinical Scale Manufacturing

  • Specialty Toxicology

Manufacturing Support

  • Manufacturing and Production

  • Biologics Testing Solutions

  • Microbial Solutions

  • Endosafe® Endotoxin Testing

  • Celsis® Microbial Detection

  • Accugenix® Microbial Identification and Strain Typing

Support

  • Scientific Advisory Services

  • Insourcing Solutions
  • RightSource
  • Charles River Campus

Pioneering a New Era of Cell Therapy Manufacturing

Aug 09 2022: Following its successful inspection, our Memphis cell therapy manufacturing facility is paving the way in the cell and gene therapy industry as the first contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in North America to be awarded a commercial GMP license to produce allogeneic cell therapy drug products from the European Medicines Agency...

Charles River Laboratories Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2021 Results

WILMINGTON, MA, February 16, 2022 - Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) today reported its results for the fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 and reaffirmed guidance for 2022. For the quarter, revenue was $905.1 million, an increase of 14.4% from $791.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Charles River to Present Collaborative Methods at Neuroscience 2018

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) today announced that its team of neuroscience drug discovery experts will present 26 scientific posters, both independently and collaboratively with clients, at Neuroscience 2018, the 48th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). The meeting, which brings together more than 30,000 researchers from 80 countries, will take...

Charles River Adds ERS License to CRISPR/Cas9 Service Offering

Wilmington, Mass, Dec. 6, 2017. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) today announced the expansion of its CRISPR/Cas9 service offering with the addition of a license from ERS Genomics Limited. The license, coupled with the existing license through the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, allows Charles River to offer custom in vivo and...

Charles River Announces Success of Integrated Discovery Project with ENYO Pharma

Wilmington, Mass and Lyon, France, Nov. 28, 2017 - Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) and ENYO Pharma SA today announced the results of a successful collaboration. Together, the companies identified the mode of action of ENYO Pharmaís lead preclinical chemical series, EYP002, using Charles Riverís newly acquired, molecular target identification tool: Capture Compound...
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