BD Biosciences

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Charles River Laboratories International provides research models and laboratory animal support services, pre-clinical services and clinical services to the biomedical market. The company offers a suite of patented Integrated Clinical Technologies for managing global clinical trials, including customized interactive voice response and web applications, comprehensive clinical trial management systems, and drug safety and pharmacovigilance systems. Its clients include nearly every major pharmaceutical and biotechnology company in the world, as well as leading academic institutions and government research centers. The company s headquarters in Wilmington, Mass., and branch offices located in Europe, Canada and Asia, serve clients in more than 50 countries throughout the world.

SeraCare Life Sciences develops, manufactures and sells a wide range of blood-, cell- and gene-based products. It provides plasma-based therapeutic products, reagents, cell culture and diagnostic products, specialty plasmas and in-vitro stabilizers. The company also offers clinically annotated DNA, RNA, serum and tissue specimens collected from consenting donors. Its products are used in the commercial bioproduction of therapeutic drugs and for additional research applications in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries. The company s closed-loop delivery system allows its clients to selectively collect human blood, manufacture the final product and deliver finished products to the customer in a single, controlled process. The company has two major business divisions, including BioPharmaceutical and Diagnostics. SeraCare Life Sciences is located in West Bridgewater, Mass.