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 also supplies a range of biomedical products and research and development outsourcing services for use in the pharmaceutical industry. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other towns and places named Wilmington, see Wilmington. ... James C. Foster is the chairman and chief executive officer of Charles River Laboratories, a global provider of solutions that advance the drug discovery and development process. ... “Chief executive” redirects here. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... // COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices defines a ‘medical device’ as: any instrument, apparatus, appliance, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software necessary for its proper application intended by the manufacturer to be used for human beings for... The structure of insulin Biological technology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. ... For other uses, see Animal testing (disambiguation). ... The phrase research and development (also R and D or, more often, R&D), according to the Organization of Economic Coopeation and Development, refers to creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use... Outsourcing became part of the business lexicon during the 1980s and refers to the delegation of non-core operations from internal production to an external entity specializing in the management of that operation. ...

The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered at 251 Ballardvale Street, Wilmington, Massachusetts, in the Boston metropolitan area. The current chief executive officer of Charles River Laboratories is James C. Foster. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other towns and places named Wilmington, see Wilmington. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... James C. Foster is the chairman and chief executive officer of Charles River Laboratories, a global provider of solutions that advance the drug discovery and development process. ...

With over 8000 employees, the company has facilities in Canada, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Controversy

In the UK, Charles River has been the target of animal rights activists. 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. For the album by Moby, see Animal Rights (album). ... Shamrock Farm was Britains only primate importation and quarantine centre, located in Small Dole, West Sussex. ...

See also

• Laboratory animal suppliers in the United Kingdom

The animal liberation movement in the UK has historically been a prominent one compared to the rest of the world. ...

References

• Charles Rivers Laboratories