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Exhibit 32.2


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Annual Report of Covance Inc. ("Covance") on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, William E. Klitgaard, Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Covance, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

    1.
    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

    2.
    The information contained in the report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Covance.

Date: March 1, 2010

    /s/ William E. Klitgaard

William E. Klitgaard
Corporate Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)



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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002