Supplement: Covance: The Friendly Giant

Covance: The Friendly Giant By Kathryn Ward Louis Gutierrez ARTICLE EXTRAS A Region Defined A Robust Support Infrastructure The infrastructure ECRI Laureate Pharma Quest Pharmaceutical Immunicon Fox Chase Cancer Center Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Coriell Paragon Chemical InstaMed Covance is a goliath of a company, both in the Greater Philadelphia region and worldwide. Headquartered in Princeton, NJ, and with an office in

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A Region Defined

A Robust Support Infrastructure

The infrastructure

ECRI

Laureate Pharma

Quest Pharmaceutical

Immunicon

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Coriell

Paragon Chemical

InstaMed

Covance is a goliath of a company, both in the Greater Philadelphia region and worldwide. Headquartered in Princeton, NJ, and with an office in Conshohocken, Pa., Covance is one of the region's leading life science companies. Its Greater Philadelphia location boasts 1,100 employees and $2.9 billion in market capitalization. Globally it has annual revenues greater than $1.3 billion, operations in more than 20 countries, and more than 8,400 employees, making it one of the world's largest and most comprehensive drug development services companies and contract research organizations.

Luis Gutierrez, Jr., president of Covance Commercialization Services, says, "Covance works behind the scenes to demonstrate the safety, the effectiveness, and the cost-effectiveness of a pharmaceutical product at all stages of its development."

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