Charles River Laboratories awarded $111.6 M National Cancer Institute contract; Charles River to construct new facility in support of NCI and RMS geographic expansion.

(From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release)

Charles River Laboratories International Inc (Charles River) has been awarded a ten year, $111.6 M contract by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), more than doubling the size of its current contract with NCI. Charles River has been providing onsite staffing support to NCI's Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center (FCRDC), and this award expands and strengthens that collaboration by converting the current onsite staffing contract into a long-term dedicated space agreement. In support of the new contract, Charles River will construct a shared-use facility to provide research model production and related …