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America will continue to be the focus. While Icon’s business is currently split evenly between the US and Europe (with the rest of the world accounting for 20 per cent), around two-thirds of all mandates come from US pharma companies. That reality is reflected in the fact that Cutler, like his predecessor Ciaran Murray is largely based over there. However, the acquisition will double Icon’s resources in the important Japanese market and in China. Where Icon previously had strategic pa...

ICON to Acquire PRA for $12B, as COVID-19 Spurs CRO Consolidation February 25, 2021 ICON has agreed to acquire PRA Health Sciences for approximately $12 billion in cash and stock, in a deal that continues the consolidation of contract research organizations (CROs) into a handful of corporate giants. [ICON plc] Share ICON has agreed to acquire PRA Health Sciences for approximately $12 billion in cash and stock, the companies said, in a deal that continues the consolidation of contract research o...

The consolidation brings together two organizations with a history of robust growth and performance ready to build on this strength using the outstanding talent of both companies to deliver enhanced

Indie band Arcade State released their song earlier this month which discusses the impact of alcohol addiction. The song, The Rabbit Hole, was written after a close friend of the band battled with addiction issues and received help from mental health charity Back Onside. Lead singer and guitarist Ciaran Murray told the Post: “People don’t realise that alcohol addiction can happen to anyone. “It isn’t just the person with the addiction suffering - friends and family have to go th...

The Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu would like to announce that she has chosen Naima Chebli as the winner of the Lord Mayor’s Award for the month of December. Naima works on the catering team in St James’s Hospital and is based in Hollybrook Lodge in Inchicore, the hospital’s long stay residential unit for the elderly. “It’s always so difficult to pick a winner of the Lord Mayor’s Award each month because there are so many outstanding candidates,” said the Lord Mayor. “I chose Na...

Ms Chebli was nominated for the award by her colleague Ciaran Murray. “For the past three months, Naima has given up her lunch-time while she’s in work to perform Karaoke sessions for patients,” Mr Murray said. “Clients who typically refuse to join in groups or eat in the dining rooms have been coming to these sessions. “She lifts everyone’s spirits and has single-handedly changed the culture.” Ms Chebli received a sculpture and a gift voucher worth €1,000. “I’m on top of th...