Huntingdon Life Sciences
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) was a contract research organisation (CRO) founded in 1951 in Cambridgeshire, England. It had two laboratories in the United Kingdom and one in the United States. With over 1,600 staff, it was until 2015 the largest non-clinical CRO in Europe. In September 2015, Huntingdon Life Sciences, Harlan Laboratories, GFA, NDA Analytics and LSR associates merged into Envigo, which later sold off the CRO part.
| Industry | Contract research organisation for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, crop protection, chemical, veterinary and food industries. |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1951 |
Number of locations | United Kingdom, United States, Japan |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Brian Cass, Formerly Managing Director |
Number of employees | >1,600 |
| Website | Not online anymore |
In 2009, HLS was bought outright and is now in private ownership. Prior to this, the latest annual report (2008) showed that the company had revenues of $US242.4m and an operating profit of 14.8%.
HLS is the third-largest non-clinical CRO in the world, and gained substantial attention for a high-profile animal rights campaign organized in response to its operations.