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Covance main competitors are Gilead Sciences, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Parexel International.

Competitor Summary. See how Covance compares to its main competitors:

  • Johnson & Johnson has the most employees (134,500).
  • Employees at Gilead Sciences earn more than most of the competitors, with an average yearly salary of $99,828.
  • The oldest company is Johnson & Johnson, founded in 1886.
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Covance vs competitors

CompanyFounding dateZippia scoreHeadquarters# of LocationsRevenueEmployees
1987
4.4
Princeton, NJ25$2.6B50,000
1988
4.2
Gaithersburg, MD1$1.7B5,000
1886
4.7
New Brunswick, NJ26$88.8B134,500
1997
4.7
Bothell, WA3$2.0B900
1891
4.6
Kenilworth, NJ31$64.2B74,000
1987
4.5
Foster City, CA9$28.8B11,800
1992
4.9
Rockville, MD1$131.0M1,000
1987
4.8
Gaithersburg, MD3$682.2M791
1988
4.9
Tarrytown, NY7$14.2B9,123
1983
4.5
Waltham, MA9$2.4B18,900
1981
4.6
Reston, VA1$30.0M30
1985
4.1
Wilmington, NC13$65.0M21,000
1989
4.6
Boston, MA5$11.0B3,400
1998
4.2
Morrisville, NC1$9.2M3,000

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Covance salaries vs competitors

Among Covance competitors, employees at Gilead Sciences earn the most with an average yearly salary of $99,828.

Compare Covance salaries vs competitors

CompanyAverage salaryHourly salarySalary score
Covance
$64,568$31.04-
Med Immune Inc
$56,355$27.09-
Johnson & Johnson
$76,686$36.87-
Seagen
$85,008$40.87-
Merck
$90,328$43.43-
Gilead Sciences
$99,828$47.99-

Compare Covance job title salaries vs competitors

CompanyHighest salaryHourly salary
Covance
$69,238$33.29
Parexel International
$90,870$43.69
Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc.
$90,477$43.50
Novella
$87,636$42.13
Regeneron
$80,309$38.61
Human Genome Sciences
$79,349$38.15
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
$77,705$37.36
Novavax
$76,190$36.63
Merck
$76,120$36.60
Med Immune Inc
$75,944$36.51
Gilead Sciences
$70,942$34.11
Seagen
$66,245$31.85
Johnson & Johnson
$63,646$30.60
Pharmaceutical Product Development
$62,875$30.23

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Covance demographics vs competitors

Compare gender at Covance vs competitors

Job titleMaleFemale
Parexel International40%60%
Covance42%58%
Merck54%46%
Novavax55%45%
Gilead Sciences56%44%
Johnson & Johnson58%42%

Compare race at Covance vs competitors

CompanyWhiteHispanic or LatinoBlack or African AmericanAsianUnknownDiversity score
59%14%11%12%4%
9.9
44%20%8%23%6%
9.8
54%16%10%15%4%
9.8
56%16%10%14%4%
9.8
45%13%18%17%7%
8.8
57%13%11%15%5%
9.8

Covance and similar companies CEOs

CEOBio
Daniel O’Day
Gilead Sciences

Joaquin Duato
Johnson & Johnson

Robert M. Davis
Merck

Robert M. Davis is corporate vice president and president of Baxter's Medical Products business. In this position, Davis oversees a range of products used in the delivery of fluids and drugs to patients, and in the treatment of end-stage kidney disease. Davis took on his current role in October 2010. Prior to this role, Davis served as corporate vice president and president of Baxter's Renal business. He served as corporate vice president and chief financial officer from 2006 through May 2010, and as treasurer from 2004 through 2006. Davis joined Baxter as treasurer in November 2004 from Eli Lilly and Company, where he served in numerous positions of increasing responsibility over 14 years. Davis currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Rush University Medical Center and also serves as a member of the Finance Committee. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of AdvaMed.

Richard Maradie
Novavax

Richard Maradie is a Chief Executive Officer at NOVAVAX INC and is based in Rockville, Maryland.

Jamie MacDonald
Parexel International

Jamie Macdonald is Chief Executive Officer of Parexel. He has nearly 25 years of experience in leading global biopharmaceutical services companies. Prior to joining Parexel, Mr. Macdonald served as CEO of INC Research, now known as Syneos Health, from January 2013 through September 2016, where he led the company through a successful Initial Public Offering in 2014. Mr. Macdonald also served as INC’s Chief Operating Officer from July 2011 through December 2012, and previously held several leadership positions in the biopharmaceutical services industry, including Senior Vice President and Head of Global Project Management at Quintiles, now known as IQVIA. Prior to this, he held various senior operational and finance roles at Quintiles. He has previously served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) and as its Chairman in 2015. Mr. Macdonald’s recent experience also includes serving as Chairman of the Board for Certara, a drug development consultancy with solutions spanning discovery, preclinical and clinical drug development, from 2017 to 2018. Mr. Macdonald began his career in the pharmaceutical industry with Syntex Corporation (acquired by Roche Holdings, Inc.). A native of Scotland, he holds a B.A. in Economics from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland and is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA).

Roger D. Dansey
Seagen

Reshma Kewalramani M.d
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Reshma Kewalramani (born 1973), is the president and chief executive officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, as of April 1, 2020. She is the first female CEO of a large US biotech company. She was previously the chief medical officer and vice president of global medicines development and medical affairs at Vertex.

Richard Staub
Novella

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