The new effort combines adaptive platform trial design, AI-enabled site activation, nationwide data infrastructure, and patient data contribution tools to reduce timelines, costs, and patient burden across clinical development.
|Articles|March 9, 2015
ICON Launches Medical Device & Diagnostics Research Group
Dedicated Services to Support Medical Device Manufacturers throughout the Product Lifecycle
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ICON plc, a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, announced the launch of its new Medical Device & Diagnostics Research group focused on the unique requirements of the medical device and diagnostics industry. The new group combines the medical and regulatory device and diagnostic expertise of Aptiv Solutions, which ICON acquired in 2014, with ICON’s global clinical development and commercialization solutions and is comprised of a team of dedicated project managers and clinical operations professionals as well as regulatory and strategic consultants.
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