We’re Harlan Laboratories. And we’re here to help you do research better.

Harlan began as a regional provider of research models and services in the midwestern United States more than 70 years ago, establishing a reputation for quality and a close, personal style of doing business. To this day, the research models business remains a core competency of the company, and Research Models and Services is one of Harlan Laboratories’ two major business units.

After decades of steady growth, the company was renamed Harlan Sprague Dawley. This began a period of significant overseas expansion of the research models business, along with diversification through the addition of Swiss contract research organization RCC, UK-based SafePharm Laboratories, and Israel-based Harlan Biotech. These entities now form the core of the Contract Research Services business unit.

Harlan Laboratories is a leading provider of essential, pre-clinical and non-clinical contract research, research models, animal diets, and services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, agrochemical, and chemical industries, as well as universities, government, and other research organizations. Our focus is on providing customers with products and services to optimize the discovery and safety of new medicines and compounds. We have over 3,000 employees in 12 countries, but we act locally, understanding the value of close relationships and collaboration with our customers.

As important as good customer service and relationships are, though, it’s really all about scientific excellence. Today, research is increasingly being outsourced, and researchers need to have confidence in their supplier partners. Stability, reliability, consistency, and quality are all essential. That’s what Harlan Laboratories offers with our passion for science and decades of proven expertise in both research models and services, and contract research services.