15 Facts About Covance

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Covance carried out toxicology tests on animals of drugs, cosmetics, pesticides, and industrial chemicals, and bred rhesus monkeys and beagles for its own labs, as well as for chemical and drug companies, hospitals, universities and government agencies.

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In 2000, Covance started a central laboratory in Singapore, building on clinical-development services that they formed in Singapore in 1996.

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In 2006, Covance announced the acquisition of eight early phase clinical pharmacology sites of Radiant Research, Inc and later opened what was then the largest toxicology expansion in Madison, Wisconsin, US.

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In 2008, Covance acquired Eli Lilly's Greenfield, Indiana campus and executed a 10-year service drug development service agreement with Lilly.

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Also, in 2008, Covance purchased a minority equity stake in Caprion Proteomics, known for proteomic biomarker services.

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In 2009, Covance acquired Merck's Seattle-based Gene Expression Laboratory and entered into a five-year, $145 million contract to provide Merck with genomic analysis services.

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Covance acquired sites from Sanofi-Aventis in Porcheville, France and Alnwick, United Kingdom.

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In 2011, Covance acquired the assets of Signet Laboratories, Inc, a provider of monoclonal antibodies used in the research of cancer, infectious disease and neurodegenerative disease.

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In 2014, Covance acquired Medaxial, known for its market access consulting.

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In 2016, Covance entered a five-year strategic alliance with Global Specimen Solutions and the use of their specimen management product, GlobalCODE, among other software products.

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In 2019, Labcorp and Envigo reached an agreement for Covance to acquire Envigo's nonclinical research services business.

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Covance was using monkeys there for research purposes, according to The Washington Post.

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Covance said there was group housing and pair housing for some monkeys, but the BUAV chose not to show that.

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Covance said they planned to upgrade the housing to comply with future European Union guidelines.

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Covance appealed through the courts, which ruled that video monitoring would infringe the rights of the staff.

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