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ICON plc is an Irish headquartered Nasdaq listed multinational healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation that provides consulting, clinical development and commercialisation services for the pharmaceutical industry.[2] As of June 2023[update], ICON had approximately 41,160 employees in 108 locations spread across 53 countries.[1]
Company type | Public |
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Nasdaq: ICLR | |
Industry | |
Founded | 1990Dublin, Ireland | in
Founders |
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Key people | Steve Cutler (CEO) |
Products | Services for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries |
Revenue | US$7.741 billion (2022)[1] |
Number of employees | 41,160 (2023)[1] |
Website | www.iconplc.com |
ICON was founded in Dublin, Ireland, by John Climax and Ronan Lambe in 1990.[3] Since January 2010, Climax has held a position on the board of directors. Lambe retired from the board of directors in 2018.[4]
Between 1991 and 1996, ICON opened offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and Japan.[5] Two years later, ICON shares started to be traded on Nasdaq.[6]
In 2013, PRA Health Sciences was acquired by KKR, which listed the company on the Nasdaq in November 2014 and maintained shares until September 2019.[7] In August 2017, the company acquired Conshohocken-based real-world healthcare data, analytics, and technology solutions company Symphony Health for US$530 million.[8] PRA's 2018 revenue was US$2.87 billion.[9] PRA was acquired by ICON on 1 July 2021.[10]
In March 2017, Steve Cutler was appointed Chief Executive Officer of ICON.[11] He had previously been with Quintiles South Africa, Sandoz AG, and Kendle Intl Inc, before joining ICON Clinical Research Services in 2011, and becoming Chief Operating Officer in 2014.[12]
In 2018, ICON won PharmaTimes Clinical Researcher of the Year.[13] ICON enjoyed success in multiple categories at the Clinical Research Organisation leadership awards,[14] consecutively from 2018 - 2023, determined by Life Science Leader magazine and Industry Standard Research (ISR). In 2021, ICON was awarded PharmaTimes Clinical Research Company of the Year,[15] and in 2022, won Best Contract Research Organisation (FSP) [16] at the Scrip Awards.
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