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Covance shareholder sues over $6.1B LabCorp deal

A Covance Inc. investor contends in a lawsuit that the drug-testing company’s board erred in relying on what the shareholder called Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s conflict-tainted advice. Covance has major laboratory operations in Indianapolis.

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Company news

New Jersey-based Covance Inc., which employs about 1,500 workers in Indianapolis and Greenfield, has agreed to be acquired by Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings for $6.1 billion. According to Bloomberg News, North Carolina-based LabCorp wants to add contract research services for drug companies to its offering of medical diagnostic tests, the companies announced Monday. Covance […]

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Covance plans $150M expansion, 465 jobs in Greenfield

The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical research company is seeking state and local incentives as part of the expansion, which would include a new laboratory, set to be finished in 2016. Covance already employs 565 workers at the site.

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To attack costs, Lilly accelerates R&D

With President Barack Obama looking to squeeze a bit more revenue out of the pharmaceutical industry, the stakes just keep
getting higher for Eli Lilly and Co.’s efforts to develop drugs faster and cheaper.

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