ICON releases Flex Advantage to support adaptive trial design
ICON has announced Flex Advantage, its next-generation Interactive Response Technology (IRT) platform, as sponsors and investigators continue to embrace adaptive trial designs.
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IABCN Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Bill McLaughlin, participated in the 2016 Global Irish Economic Forum last month, the fourth such forum.
While previous Forums concentrated on recovery from the financial crisis, and rebuilding Ireland’s reputation internationally, this year the overarching theme was on sustaining and strengthening our robust economic growth into the future, with a particular focus on opportunities in high-potential sectors including financial services, research and innovation and international education. It also focused on fostering entrepreneurship and supporting indigenous businesses to scale up, increase exports and create jobs at home. To learn more, please click HERE.
To read the November Global Irish Newsletter, please click HERE.
Bill McLaughlin, IABCN Founder, with Tom Arnold, Director General, Institute of International and European Affairs
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Bill McLaughlin and Patricia Harty at the 30th Annual Irish Business 100
ICON Acquires PMG Research Inc.
Acquisition enhances ICON’s site and patient engagement capabilities
Dublin, Ireland, 7th December, 2015 – ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR) a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced the acquisition of PMG Research, Inc., an integrated network of clinical research sites operating from 12 metropolitan areas throughout the US. The acquisition will enhance ICON’s ability to access and engage with investigator sites and patients, helping customers to reduce the overall time and cost associated with drug development.
Children with Irish connections living in the US will be invited to Ireland next summer to participate in “an orientation course on what it is to be Irish”.
Speaking on the second day of the Global Irish Economic Forum at Dublin Castle, Minister of State for Diaspora Affairs Jimmy Deenihan said the pilot summer camp programme will be open in 2016 to high school students aged 15 to 17 living in the US.
Read more at irishtimes.com
