Covance To Present At Lazard Capital Markets 8th Annual Healthcare Conference

PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Covance Inc. (NYSE: CVD) today announced that it will present at the Lazard Capital Markets 8th Annual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. (ET).  Investors may access a live webcast of the presentation at www.covance.com.  In order to register and download any necessary software, please log on 10 minutes early.

Covance, with headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey, is one of the world's largest and most comprehensive drug development services companies with annual revenues greater than $2 billion, global operations in more than 30 countries, and more than 11,000 employees worldwide.  Information on Covance's products and services, recent press releases, and SEC filings can be obtained through its website at www.covance.com.

Statements contained in this press release (and in the webcast announced in this press release), which are not historical facts, such as statements about prospective earnings, savings, revenue, operations, revenue, earnings growth, and other financial results are forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All such forward-looking statements including the statements contained herein regarding anticipated trends in the Company's business are based largely on management's expectations and are subject to and qualified by risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, competitive factors, outsourcing trends in the pharmaceutical industry, levels of industry research and development spending, the Company's ability to continue to attract and retain qualified personnel, the fixed price nature of contracts or the loss or delay of large studies, risks associated with acquisitions and investments, the Company's ability to increase order volume, the pace of translation of orders into revenue in late-stage development services, testing mix and geographic mix of kit receipts in central laboratories, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, and other factors described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company's expectations.

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