** Shares of contract drug research firm NOTV.O down 20.4%
at $14.6 in afternoon trade, its biggest pcte drop in eight
months
** NOTV disclosed on Friday that U.S. Department Of Justice
executed a search and seizure warrant on its Cumberland,
Virginia facility on May 18 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2XC0XT
** Co says a complaint was filed against Envigo in the U.S.
District Court for the Western District of Virginia on May 19
** Says complaint is civil action by DOJ alleging violations
of Animal Welfare Act at the Cumberland, Virginia facility
** Up to Friday's close, NOTV shares had lost ~56% YTD
(Reporting by Kannaki Deka in Bengaluru)
((Kannaki.Deka@thomsonreuter.com))