SYNHEUR

Syneos Health Inc (formerly Inc Research Holdings Inc)

A maker of clinical-trial and commercialization services for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical-device companies, Syneos Health helps run drug studies from early testing through market launch. It was born in 2017 when two rivals merged — INC Research, founded in Raleigh in 1998, and inVentiv Health — then rebranded as Syneos in 2018. The name blends "syn," for synchronizing clinical and commercial work, with "neos," Greek for "new."