Charles River Laboratories Recognized in Herald Hundred.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2003 Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CRL CRL - Carnegie Representation Language. Carnegie Group, Inc. Frame language derived from SRL. Written in Common LISP. Used in the product Knowledge Craft. ), a leading provider of pre-clinical research products and services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, announced that it has been ranked 3rd in the Boston Herald Superstar 10 ranking of best-performing companies in Massachusetts. Overall, the Company ranked 11th in the newspaper's annual Herald Hundred listing of top Bay State companies. The Herald Hundred was compiled from all publicly traded Massachusetts companies on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , American and NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on exchanges with a closing stock price of at least $5 at the end of last year. From the 145 companies considered, the Herald Hundred represents those firms scoring best on a composite score of two vital financial criteria: two-year total return to stockholders and market value. "Our job is to help clients to market," said James C. Foster James Clifford Foster is the chairman and chief executive officer of Charles River Laboratories, Inc., an international company that works on the drug discovery and development process. , Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Charles River. Charles River is positioning itself to become a single-source provider of all services necessary to take a molecule or protein from discovery to FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. filing. This is evidenced by the Company's twenty-one acquisitions made since 1994. Mr. Foster continued, "We don't do acquisition just to be bigger." The underlying strategy for selecting appropriate acquisitions is based on their capacity to do "good science." Quality has been the main focus at Charles River since its founding in 1947 as an animal research model business. Out of our continued commitment to excellence, "We provide great 'sleep factor' to researchers," said Mr. Foster. About Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Charles River Laboratories, based in Wilmington, Massachusetts, is a leading provider of critical research tools and integrated support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services that enable innovative and efficient drug discovery and development. The Company is the global leader in providing the animal research models required in research and development for new drugs, devices and therapies. The Company also offers a broad and growing portfolio of biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. products and services that enable customers to reduce cost, increase speed, and enhance productivity and effectiveness in drug discovery and development. Charles River's customer base spans over 50 countries, and includes all of the major pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, and many leading hospitals and academic institutions. The Company operates 82 facilities in 16 countries worldwide. For more information, visit the Company's web site at www.criver.com. |
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