eResearchTechnology, Inc. to Announce Agreement to Acquire the Centralized ECG Business of Covance

eResearchTechnology, Inc. (eRT), (NASDAQ:ERES) , a leading provider of technology and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, announced today that it has agreed to acquire the centralized ECG business of Covance Inc. In addition, Covance and eRT have entered into an exclusive ten-year marketing agreement to supply eRT's centralized cardiac safety services to Covance's clients. It is expected that the acquisition will close on or before November 28, 2007.

Dr. McKelvey and Richard Baron, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, will hold a conference call to discuss this acquisition and the marketing arrangement. The conference call will take place at 8:30 a.m. EST on November 28, 2007. For the conference call interested participants should dial 800-322-5044 when calling within the United States or 617-614-4927 when calling internationally along with the pass code 80759494. There will be a playback available through 11:59 p.m. (EST) on December 4, 2007. To listen to the playback, please call 888-286-8010 when calling within the United States or 617-801-6888 when calling internationally. Please use pass code 30747023 for the replay.

This call is being webcast by Thomson Financial and can be accessed at eRT's web site at http://www.ert.com/. The webcast may also be accessed at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=119164&s=wm&e=1706207 . The webcast can be accessed until November 28, 2008 on either site.

Based in Philadelphia, PA, eResearchTechnology, Inc. (http://www.ert.com/) is a provider of technology and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries on a global basis. The company is a market leader in providing centralized core-diagnostic electrocardiographic (ECG) technology and services to evaluate cardiac safety in clinical development. The company is also a leader in providing technology and services to streamline the clinical trials process by enabling its customers to automate the collection, analysis, and distribution of clinical data in all phases of clinical development.