Our Story

Charles River provides essential products and services to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, government agencies, and leading academic institutions around the globe accelerate their research and drug development efforts. We deliver what our clients need to improve and expedite the discovery, early-stage development, and safe manufacture of new therapies for patients who need them.

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Our Journey and Evolution

What once started as a one-man laboratory in Boston in 1947, overlooking the Charles River, has evolved into a leading global strategic partner providing products and services to help expedite the discovery, early-stage development, and safe manufacture of novel drugs and therapeutics. As a partner of choice for our clients' nonclinical drug research and development needs, we differentiate ourselves through our broad portfolio, scientific expertise, global scale, and excellent service.

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Our Purpose

We are guided by our strong purpose – to create healthier lives - which centers around the patients who rely on the therapeutics we help to develop, the animals in our care, and to our people and planet. Every day we are committed to operating our business responsibly, innovating scientifically and technologically, and are aspiring to remove one year out of the drug development cycle.

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Our Promise

Responsibly bringing and sustaining vital drugs to market safely and quickly is an engagement that guides our every decision. We are continuously maintaining best-in-class solutions, innovating and pushing the boundaries of science, championing openness and integrity at every step through our commitment to corporate citizenship, patient safety, and drug efficacy.

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Our Capabilities

We actively collaborate with academia, biotech, pharma, and governments to provide research solutions and to boldly challenge scientific possibility. We are committed to the continuous pursuit, development, and expansion of alternative methods innovation in our portfolio of products and services.

 

 

End-to-End Solutions for Drug Discovery and Development

Our products and services support clients from basic research, discovery, and safety assessment, to manufacturing and commercialization. With our expansive end-to-end portfolio, global capacity, and proven scientific and regulatory advisors, our integrated approach enables maximum speed and confidence on your drive to market.

Basic Research

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3,600+ unique strains cared for by our genetically engineered models and services staff in an average week
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1 out of 2 research models produced for research globally come from Charles River
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400K+ apheresis collections with over 40 years of human cellular material sourcing experience
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25+ GMP-compliant cellular materials supplied to allogeneic and autologous customers

Drug Discovery and Development

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>490 patents generated for our partners since 2001
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>100 small and large molecule pre-clinical candidates delivered to our clients since 2001
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>42,000 reports delivered in the last 12 months
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Supported 1,500 IND programs in the last 12 months

Manufacturing and Commercialization

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More than 40,000 biologic testing reports sent year, supporting 40+ commercial client compounds
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300+ installations+ of Celsis® rapid microbial detection systems or bioburden testing
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>1000 cell and gene therapy studies conducted annually
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100+ years of combined scientific experience

This is Your Moment

Our employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe.

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