84% of respondents rate the quality of their relationship with
ICON as ‘excellent' or ‘good'
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
ICON plc, (NASDAQ:ICLR; ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of
outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and
medical device industries, today announced that it has been ranked by
investigative sites as a top CRO according to CenterWatch's first-ever
global investigative site survey. Almost 84% of respondents rated the
quality of their overall relationship with ICON as either ‘excellent' or
‘good' according to 29 relationship attributes in categories including
project management, staff professionalism, work style, study initiation,
ongoing study conduct and grant payment process.
Commenting on the results, Peter Gray, CEO at ICON, said "Our
relationships with sites are the lynchpin of everything that we do and
we are delighted that the excellent work by our site monitoring and
project management staff worldwide is being recognised. We place a lot
of emphasis on training, managing and supporting our staff to respond to
the needs of our investigative sites and we remain committed to
developing open and transparent relationships with investigators."
The CenterWatch survey, which was conducted online between February and
March, 2011, measured the responses from 1,205 principal investigators,
sub-investigators and study coordinators from sites worldwide, with more
than 75% of respondents from North America and Europe. Sites were
requested to rate the CROs they had worked with in the past two years on
29 relationship attributes and to provide feedback on the importance of
these attributes when conducting their clinical trials.
About ICON plc
ICON plc is a global provider of outsourced development services to the
pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The Company
specialises in the strategic development, management and analysis of
programs that support clinical development - from compound selection to
Phase I-IV clinical studies. ICON currently has almost 7,800 employees,
operating from 77 locations in 39 countries. www.iconplc.com
ICON/ICLR-G
Weber Shandwick
Yasamin Omoomian
Yomoomian@webershandwick.com
+44
(0) 2070 670 594
Source: ICON plc
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