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Charles River Laboratories CEO to Address JPMorgan H&Q Healthcare Conference

WILMINGTON, Mass., Jan 4, 2002 (BW HealthWire) -- Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) announced today that Chairman and CEO James C. Foster will be presenting at the 20th Annual JPMorgan H&Q Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, January 9, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. PST.

A live webcast of Mr. Foster's presentation will be available through a link that will be posted on the investor page of the Charles River Laboratories website, http://www.criver.com. The presentation also will be archived on the website for later viewing.

Charles River Laboratories, based in Wilmington, Massachusetts, is a leading provider of critical research tools and integrated support services that enable innovative and efficient drug discovery and development. The Company is the global leader in providing the animal research models required in research and development for new drugs, devices and therapies. The Company also offers a broad and growing portfolio of biomedical products and services that enable customers to reduce cost, increase speed, and enhance productivity and effectiveness in drug discovery and development. Charles River's customer base spans over 50 countries, and includes all of the major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as many leading hospitals and academic institutions. The Company operates 76 facilities in 15 countries worldwide.

This document contains "forward looking statements." Such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by the forward looking statements, including acquisition integration risks, special interest groups, contaminations, industry trends, new displacement technologies, outsourcing trends, USDA and FDA regulation, changes in law, special interests groups, continued availability of products and supplies, personnel and control, and others that are described in the Risk Factors contained in Company's Registration Statement of Form S-3, as filed on July 19, 2001. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update forward looking statements, and otherwise claims the safe harbor protections for forward looking statements afforded under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

CONTACT:          Charles River Laboratories
                  Christopher DiFrancesco
                  978.658.6000 ext. 1508
                  cdifrancesco@criver.com

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