Charles River Development history

1992 The company expands its offerings with the purchase of Specific Pathogen Antigen Free Avian Services (SPAFAS), specializing in the production of eggs and poultry and serologic diagnostic services from Merck, Sharp, and Dohme.

1994 In vitro endotoxin testing solutions become available from Charles River.

1996 Endosafe, Inc., a manufacturer of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) products and provider of related services, is acquired.

1998 Charles River expands its portfolio to include biopharmaceutical services, offering a full range of biosafety and analytical testing.

The Boston Globe names Charles River “Company of the Year.” 2005 Preconditioning Services are introduced, providing clients with animals that meet all of their specifications at time of delivery.

2009 Piedmont Research Center, LLC in Morrisville, NC and Cerebricon, Ltd. in Finland are acquired.

2013 Acquisition of Vital River allows Charles River to provide high-quality research models and services to an emerging market for drug discovery and development in China, setting standards for research models in the third-largest pharmaceutical market in the world.

2015 The Avian Vaccine Services business is bolstered with the acquisition of Sunrise Farms, Inc.

2017 Brains On-Line, a CRO that provides data that helps advance novel therapeutics for the treatment of central nervous system diseases, is acquired.