Charles River Laboratories Implements BioTrove, Inc. High-Throughput SNP Genotyping System

WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2006--Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL - News), a premier global provider of solutions that advance the drug discovery and development process, announces that it has adopted the OpenArray(TM) SNP Genotyping System from BioTrove. The BioTrove OpenArray platform will be used in Charles River's rigorous genetic quality control process. Using this high-throughput genotyping platform, Charles River will be able to rapidly analyze thousands of samples for SNP analysis per month, ensuring researchers the congenicity of their inbred and first generation hybrid strains used in biomedical studies. The OpenArray platform produces thousands of parallel PCR reactions for SNP analysis utilizing standard homogeneous assays. Now, researchers may rapidly test validated SNPs of interest against hundreds or even thousands of DNA samples.