History DevelopmentICON is a contract research company focused on accelerating drug development so that medicines can save lives and improve quality of life. The company was established in 1990 and founded by Dr John Climax and Dr Ronan Lambe. The company originally had just five employees, but today it has more than 10,000 employees. ICON was launched in Dublin, Ireland, its current headquarters, but has 79 agents in 37 countries. In 1992, the company opened its first overseas office in Winchester, United Kingdom. Founded in 1997, DOCS has become the leading provider of personnel to the clinical development industry. The company was acquired by ICON in 2007 and merged with ICON's existing resources division, ICON Contracting Solutions. The combined company is now known as DOCS and operates as the FSP division of ICON. In February 2013, ICON acquired the clinical trial services division of Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., resulting in the integration of ClinForce and Assent within DOCS and the expansion of DOCS resources and FSP capabilities in clinical, biometric and M domains....