美國Harlan Laboratories
Harlan實驗室是美國的家族公司,成立于1931年,總部設在印第安納波利斯,在12個國家設有運營子公司,從2008年11月10號起統一使用Harlan Laboratories Ltd為公司的Logo,目的就是:以一個全球旗幟,一個理想,一種價值觀,以及Harlan全公司科學英才的熱情,為客戶的成功提供我們世界一流的合同研究經驗、質量服務。Harlan是一家全球必不可少的領先的臨床前和非臨床合同研究機構,是研究模型、動物食物,和服務于制藥、生物技術、醫療器械、農藥、化學工業以及大學、政府和其他的研究組織。
2004年瑞士RCC Ltd,歐洲最大的合約研究機構,被Harlan合并成為其旗下的一全資子公司。
2004年8月,漢德森與瑞士RCC公司簽署合作協議,現在已過渡為與Harlan Laboratories的合作協議關系,將一如既往的共同努力,共同開發中國醫藥、農藥以及化學品市場,為中國企業走上國際市場提供了最高標準的技術服務。
在長達30年的時間里, 全球數目眾多的產品曾經在RCC 實驗室里進行過完全符合GLP標準的測試。在多年的時間里,RCC的科學家、技術人員、風險評估人員和法規專家積累的廣博的知識和經驗.以此為基石,RCC得以成為醫藥、農藥以及化學品領域首屈一指的合約研究機構。
兼合多家超級實力實驗室后的Harlan Laboratories業務能力得到進一步的提升.Harlan的科學家在新藥臨床前研究領域擁有很深的行業經驗,這使得Harlan可以為客戶提供整套的專業服務,從項目立項到為臨床實驗或產品注冊要求的文件準備,Harlan的服務貫徹整個流程的操作。
Harlan is a leading provider of essential, pre-clinical and non-clinical contract research, research models, lab animal diets, and services. Our focus is on providing customers with products and services to optimize the discovery and safety of new medicines and compounds.
Harlan Laboratories is a leading provider of essential, pre-clinical and non-clinical contract research, research models, lab animal diets, and services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, agrochemical, and chemical industries, as well as universities, government, and other research organizations. The company’s focus is on providing customers with products and services to optimize the discovery and safety of new medicines and compounds. Harlan Laboratories is a privately held company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana with over 3,100 employees in 12 countries.
History
Howard P. Harlan founded the company in 1931 in Indianapolis, Indiana to supply the life sciences industry with laboratory animal models. From 1931 until the time of his death in 1961, Mr. Harlan expanded his business throughout the Midwest. In 1961, Hal P. Harlan, his son, assumed responsibility for the operations. The business was incorporated in 1962 under the name of Harlan Industries, Inc. (HII) and later changed in July, 1981 to Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc. Majority interest in the company was sold to Genstar Capital in 2006 for continued growth and expansion.
Acquisitions and Expansions
1979 – Spartan Research Animals, Haslett, Michigan.
1980 – Acquired GIBCO Animal Research Laboratories in Madison, Wisconsin which included the following operations:
The former Sprague Dawley Company
The former A.R. Schmidt Company
Teklad Standard Diets
Teklad Research Diets
Teklad Trucking
1981 – M.A. Laboratory Animals, Walkersville, Maryland, was purchased from the Whittaker Corporation of Whittier, California.
1983 – TIMCO Breeding Laboratories in Houston, Texas, was acquired from the Texas Medical Center.
1984 – Engle Laboratory Animals, Inc. in Farmersburg, Indiana and Laboratory Supply Company, Inc., of Indianapolis, Indiana were acquired.
1985 – Harlan Bioproducts for Science, Inc. was established in Indianapolis to manufacture custom immunological and biological products and research services.
1985 – The company became an international corporation with the purchase of OLAC Limited of Oxfordshire, England to supply models in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, and Israel.
1986 – Southern Animal Farms in Prattville, Alabama was purchased to support government institutions and universities in the Southeast United States. The Holtzman Company in Madison, Wisconsin, producer of the Holtzman albino rat, was acquired.
1986 – The Central Institute for Breeding of Laboratory Animals (CPB) in The Netherlands was acquired to expand operations in Continental Europe.
1986 – Completed construction of a new maximum barrier laboratory animal facility in Frederick, Maryland to serve East coast customers including the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
1988 – Blue Spruce Farms in Altamount, New York, known for producing the Long-Evans outbred rat, was purchased.
1989 – Premier Laboratory Diets in Bartonville, Illinois was purchased. Premier was the manufacturer of the well-known Wayne Diets.
1989 – In Europe, Porcellus Animal Breeding Limited in Heathfield, England and Riom Laboratories-CERM in Riom, France were acquired.
1990 – A new maximum barrier laboratory animal facility was constructed and opened in Houston, Texas.
1992 – Dominion Laboratories in Dublin, Virginia was acquired.
1993 – International expansion continued with operations established in Germany, Italy and Israel.
1994 – Nossan s.r.l., Milan, Italy was purchased. Significant stock and strain expansion accomplished through acquisitions from the Hannover Institute in Hannover, Germany, and the TNO Institute in Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
1995 – Interfauna companies in the U.K., Germany, and Spain were purchased.
1996 - Expansion in Somerville, New Jersey, with the establishment of a new facility dedicated to production of isolator maintained animals required for oncology research.
1997 – Opened a new laboratory animal production facility in Mexico City, Mexico.
1997 – A new state of the art laboratory animal facility was constructed and populated in Horst, The Netherlands.
1999 – Harlan Bioservice for Science was formed in Walsrode, Germany.
2004 – RCC Ltd., in Itingen, Switzerland was acquired to expand contract research services for the pharmaceutical, chemical, and agrochemical industries in Europe and Asia.
2005 – Genstar Capital acquired Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc. as a company in a growing, vital industry with continued growth opportunity.
2006 – Steve Sullivan, the former head of Covance’s global clinical diagnostics division, is appointed to serve as President and CEO of Harlan.
2007 – Safepharm Laboratories, Shardlow, United Kingdom is acquired to expand contract research services into the chemical industries.
2008 – The company unites as Harlan Laboratories, Inc. with all legal entities initiating a name change to become one company with one vision to help our customers do research better.
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