ICLR

ICON PLC

A contract research organization that runs clinical trials and outsourced drug-development services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies around the world. Founded in Dublin in 1990 by two doctors who started with a team of five, the name ICON is not an acronym — it was simply chosen to reflect the company's focus on clinical research. It even built a "Country-in-a-Box" service to help clients launch trials in unfamiliar markets.