ICON Acquires Mapi Group

Expands ICON’s leadership in Health Outcomes Research and Commercialisation Services

ICON plc, a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, recently announced that it has acquired the Mapi Group, a leading Patient-Centered Health Outcomes Research and Commercialisation company.

The acquisition strengthens ICON’s existing Commercialisation and Outcomes Research business adding significant commercialisation presence, analytics, real world evidence generation and strategic regulatory expertise. The combined organisation will be a leader for real world evidence, post approval research, language services, consultancy services supporting clinical outcomes assessments, pricing and market access and scientific communications.

The acquisition also enables ICON to have direct access to Mapi Research Trust, the industry’s most subscribed library of Clinical Outcomes Assessments (COAs), with exclusive distribution of over 300 families of validated questionnaires, including licensing of COA services used by commercial, academic and regulatory research organisations.

"The late phase CRO market continues to grow as our customers face greater scrutiny from regulators and reimbursement bodies around real-world evidence of product value and safety,” commented Dr. Steve Cutler, Chief Executive Officer, ICON plc. “The acquisition of Mapi extends the breadth and depth of ICON’s late phase capabilities, creating an industry leading provider of post-approval research, spanning evidence generation, strategic regulatory services, scientific communications and commercial strategy. Our customers will also benefit from ICON’s access to the industry’s broadest set of COA tools and instruments as well as new and enhanced real world data sets. Mapi has been a pioneer of late phase and outcomes research since their foundation and we are delighted to welcome their team of experts to ICON.”

“By combining with ICON, our customers will have access to a broader global footprint, additional depth of experience, new scientific communication services and access to innovative solutions to capture real world data from patients," commented James Karis, CEO of Mapi Group. “In addition, our customers will have access to a wide range of global clinical services, spanning all phases of development. Mapi and ICON are an ideal combination, having complimentary services and a shared mission to provide superior research solutions that help improve the lives of patients globally."

“I am delighted that Mapi will become part of ICON, a company that has a similar culture and vision that will enable Mapi to continue the focus on innovation that we have developed over the last forty-three years.” commented Bernard Jambon, Mapi’s founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

About Mapi Group
Mapi Group has over 40 years of experience supporting Life-Science companies as the world leading Patient-Centered Research company in commercializing novel treatments through Real-World Evidence, Strategic Regulatory Services, Pharmacovigilance, Market Access, Language Services. Mapi Group is the premier provider of Health Research and Commercialization services to Life-Science companies enabling Market Authorization, Market Access and Market Adoption of novel therapeutics. Visit http://www.mapigroup.com for more information.

About ICON plc
ICON plc is a global provider of drug development solutions and 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. With headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, ICON currently, operates from 84 locations in 38 countries and has approximately 12,300 employees.

For more information, visit www.iconplc.com.