ICON has been recognised as one of the world’s leading Contract Research Organisations through a number of high-profile industry awards
2023 PharmaTimes Clinical Researcher of the Year Americas Awards
ICON wins ‘Company of the Year’ and success for ICON staff in numerous categories including Global Project Manager, Clinical trial Manager, Start-Up Singles, Global Project Team, Global Partnership Team.
2023 AG Mednet 'Judi Innovation' Award
Craig McLendon and ICON's Independent Data Monitoring Committee and Endpoint Adjudication (IDEA) group have been recognised for their efforts to optimise and accelerate clinical trial processes by enabling collaboration and innovation.
Forbes World’s Best Employers 2023
ICON has been recognised in the Forbes World’s Best Employers list for 2023. It is the third consecutive year that ICON has been recognised for this award. ICON is the only CRO to feature in the ‘Drugs and Biotechnology’ industry sector.
MarCom Awards 2023
ICON's Creative & Digital Services and Patient Recruitment Solutions team have won a 2023 Gold MarCom Award in the Strategic Communications | Communications/Public Relations | Research/Study category. The UNITAS Study Materials have gained their second win this year with a GOLD Award.
ICON's Creative & Digital Services and IEV teams have won a 2023 Gold MarCom Award in the Strategic Communications | Marketing/Promotion Campaign | Integrated Marketing category for the EUTHYROX® Omnichannel Campaign.
MarCom Awards 2023
ICON's Creative & Digital Services and Real World Evidence team have won a 2023 Platinum MarCom Award in the Creativity | Design | Logo category. The IPIG PNH Registry logo has gained its second win this year.
Rose Kidd, President, Operations Delivery has been named on this year’s PharmaVoice 100 list.
The awards recognise the most inspiring leaders in the life sciences space.
ICON has been named as one of the World’s Best Companies by TIME magazine, ranking in the top 100 of 750 companies
In partnership with Statista, TIME looked at three evaluation criteria to determine the companies that would feature on the list – employee satisfaction, revenue growth and sustainability.
Silver Stevie Award Winner
ICON has been recognised as a Silver Stevie Award winner in the 21st Annual Business Awards for our artificial intelligence tool, Cassandra.
2023 CRO Leadership Awards
ICON has been named a recipient of a 2023 CRO Leadership Award in the following categories:
- Capabilities (Overall, Small Pharma)
- Compatibility (Overall, Big Pharma, Small Pharma)
- Expertise (Overall, Big Pharma, Small Pharma)
- Quality (Overall, Big Pharma, Small Pharma)
- Reliability (Overall, Big Pharma, Small Pharma)
ICON was the most awarded CRO across over 20 performance metrics.
ICON has been rated a 'Top performer' for ‘Therapeutic Expertise’, 'Operational Excellence' and 'Meeting project timelines'.
ICON has been rated 'Exceed customer expectations' for 'Data quality' and 'Technology for access to data'.
2023 Viddy Awards
ICON’s Creative & Digital Services and Insights, Evidence & Value teams won a gold award in the branded content category for the EUTHYROX® Promotional Video.
ICON’s Creative & Digital Services and PubsHub teams won a gold award in the marketing category for the Journals & Congresses PubsHub Software Solutions Promotional Video.
Tech Excellence Awards 2023
ICON’s Digital Operations Team was named the “IT Professional Team of the Year” at the Tech Excellence 2023 awards in Ireland.
American Chamber of Commerce Ireland: 2023 US-Ireland Business Awards
ICON has been announced as the winner of the Global Impact Award for its role in the search for vaccines and treatments for Covid-19.
Forbes America’s Best Large Employers 2023
ICON has been recognised in the Forbes America’s Best Large Employers list for 2023, the fourth time we’ve featured on the list.
Diversity Leaders 2023
ICON has been recognised in the Financial Times European Leader In Diversity 2023 Award List, ranked 80 out of 850 companies.
PM360 Pharma Choice 2023
ICON’s Creative & Digital Services and Insights, Evidence & Value teams won a silver award in the multicultural category for the “What’s Your Reason” Breast Cancer Screening Campaign – Creole.
2022 Annual SCRIP Awards
ICON has won the award for Best Contract Research Organisation - Full-Service Providers at the 2022 Annual SCRIP Awards, for the second year running.
Medidata Collaboration of the Year 2022
ICON Medical Imaging was recognised with a “Collaboration of the Year” award by Medidata. ICON is the only CRO that is fully accredited on the RAVE Imaging platform. Together we continue to work on delivering a flexible and high quality imaging trial experience for sites, readers, and sponsors.
2022 Fierce Life Sciences Innovation Awards
ICON Plc is the winner of the Data Analytics/Business Intelligence category in the Fierce Innovation Awards – Life Sciences 2022. This award was received in recognition for its One Search tool, which uses intuitive, integrated workflow and artificial intelligence that provides access to multiple data sources to help identify optimum trial sites the first time.
2022 PharmaTimes Clinical Researcher of the Year Americas Awards
Success for ICON staff in numerous categories including Experienced CRA, Global Project Manager, Start-up, Global Partnership and Project Team.
MarCom Awards 2022
ICON’s Creative & Digital Services and Insights, Evidence & Value teams won a gold award in the Print Media/Marketing/Promotion/Materials category for the “We know what Payers want” poster.
ICON’s Creative & Digital Services and Patient Recruitment Solutions teams won a gold award in the Digital Media/Web Video/Marketing category for the Patient Recruitment Solutions Showreel.
ICON’s Creative & Digital Services and Insights, Evidence & Value teams won two gold awards for the “What’s Your Reason” Breast Cancer Screening Campaign – Creole in the categories of Communications/Public Relations/Other – Health Equity-Multicultural and Marketing/Promotion Campaign/Branding Refresh.
2022 Health + Wellness Design Awards
ICON’s Creative & Digital Services and Insights, Evidence & Value teams win awards from Graphic Design USA
- The ICON Market Access Showreel won in the Sales Promotion category
- “We know what Payers want” poster won in the Poster Design category
2022 Forbes World’s Best Employers
To compile this ranking, Forbes partnered with Statista, who surveyed 150,000 full-time and part-time workers from 57 countries.
PharmaTimes International Clinical Researcher of the Year 2022
ICON staff win in numerous categories, including ‘Clinical Research Team’ and ‘Start-Up Team’ at International Clinical Researcher of the Year Awards.
2022 CRO Leadership Awards
ICON has been recognised in the 2022 CRO Leadership Awards in the Compatibility (Big Pharma) category.
2022 Forbes names ICON one of America's Best Employers for Diversity
ICON has been recognised as one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity in 2022, for the second year running by Forbes.
20th annual American Business Awards
ICON has been recognised as a Silver Stevie® Award winner in The 20th annual American Business Awards® in the Cloud Application/Service category for ARCADES, its next generation data integration tool, and as a Bronze winner in the Business or Competitive Intelligence Solution category for IcoNex, which enables greater connection between key opinion leaders working in the same therapeutic area.
Pharma Industry Awards 2021
ICON has been named Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year at the Pharma Industry Awards 2021.
2021 Business and Finance Awards
ICON wins 'Company of the Year' at 2021 Business & Finance Awards.
2021 Ireland Business Woman of the Year
ICON’s Dr Nuala Murphy is Ireland’s Business Woman of the Year.
2022 Forbes names ICON one of the best large employers
ICON has been included in Forbes magazine’s America Best Large Employers list for 2022.
2021 Scrip Awards
ICON is proud to announce it was named the "Best Contract Research Organisation" of 2021 during the 17th Annual Scrip Awards ceremony on 2 December.
2021 Forbes names ICON one of the best employers in the world
Forbes ranks ICON amongst the best employers in the world.
Ireland France Business Awards 2021
ICON is awarded the Best Irish Company in France 2021, recognising the significant contribution our French colleagues have made to our business in France and globally.
MarCom Awards 2021
ICON's Creative and Digital Services and Patient Recruitment Services won a PLATINUM AWARD honour for the RISE Study Materials and a GOLD AWARD honour for the GRADIENT Study Materials.
ICON's Creative and Digital Services and PMAR teams won a PLATINUM AWARD honour for the INGREZZA Roadmap Materials and a GOLD AWARD honour for XOLAIR Launch Materials.
ICON's Adam Kondos, Senior Creative Manager in Creative & Digital Services, won an Individual Achievement award.
PharmaTimes Clinical Researcher of the Year 2021 - The Americas
ICON wins Clinical Research Company of the Year. Several of ICON’s associates were also recognised in the awards this year, both in team awards and for individual awards.
PharmaTimes International Clinical Researcher of the Year 2021
Staff from PRA Health Sciences, an ICON plc company, win in numerous categories, including ‘Clinical Research Team’ at International Clinical Researcher of the Year Awards.
Viddy Awards 2021
ICON's Creative & Digital Services team has won a platinum award honor from the Viddy Awards for the ICON Omnichannel Explainer Video.
2021 PharmaVOICE 100
ICON's Chief Innovation Officer, Kent Thoelke was recently named in this year's PharmaVOICE 100 Most Inspiring people.
Kent was recognised in the Commanders & Chiefs category. Commanders & Chiefs are “forward-thinking leaders inspiring their teams to achieve far-reaching goals and strategically positioning their companies for success as they navigate complex industry challenges.”
Interactive Media Awards 2021
ICON's Patient Recruitment Services team wins Best In Class award in the healthcare category for the ICON Study Match website.
Interactive Media Awards 2020
ICON's Creative & Digital Services team wins Best In Class award in the pharmaceutical category for the Pneumococcal Vaccine Study website.
2021 Health & Wellness Design Awards
ICON's Creative & Digital Services and Global Medical Communications teams win awards from Graphic Design USA.
- The Pfizer BNT162b2 COVID Vaccine Manuscript Plain Language Summary won in the Special: COVID-19 Communications category.
- The Pfizer Abstract Plain Language Summary Collection won in the Infographics category.
2021 Forbes Best Employers for Diversity Award
Forbes ranks ICON in America’s Best Employers For Diversity.
ICON wins multiple categories in 2021 CRO Leadership Awards for the fourth year in a row
Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards 2020
ICON wins Best CRO at the Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards for the third time. Award recognises ICON’s long-standing vaccine development expertise.
MarCom Awards 2020
ICON's Creative and Digital Services and Patient Recruitment Services have won a PLATINUM AWARD honor in the cateogry of Strategic Communications | Communications/Public Relations, from the MarCom Awards for the Pneumococcal Vaccine Study Materials, sponsored by a global pharma company.
MarCom Awards 2020
ICON's Creative and Digital Services and Medical Communications team won a GOLD AWARD honor in the category Print Design, from the MarCom Awards for the scientific poster presented at IDWeek 2019, sponsored by a global pharma company.
Forbes names ICON as a Best Employer for Women in 2020
ICON was recognised again for the second consecutive year in the Forbes 2020 List of America’s Best Employers for Women.
2020 Videographer Award of Excellence
ICON's Creative & Digital Services and Patient Recruitment Services won a Video Production Excellence honour from the 24th Annual Videographer Awards for “The RECOVER Study Explained”. This video appears on the RECOVER STUDY for treatment resistant depression site, sponsored by LivaNova.
ICON wins multiple categories in 2020 CRO Leadership Awards third year in a row
2020 Forbes Best Employers for Diversity Award
Forbes ranks ICON in America’s Best Employers For Diversity. Read more.
PharmaVOICE 100
The PharmaVOICE 100 celebrates the most influential and inspirational leaders from across all sectors of the life-sciences industry.
In previous years, the following ICON staff were recognised :
Nuala Murphy, 2018
Bill Byrom, 2017
Cindy Dukes, 2016
Willie Muehlhausen, 2015
Ciaran Murray, 2014
Bill Taaffe, 2011
Steve Cutler, 2011
Brendan Buckley, 2010
David Pasta, 2009
2019 PM360 Pharma Choice Gold Award
ICON is thrilled to win Gold with Biohaven Pharma, at the PM360 Pharma Choice Awards for the M-Star Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) patient campaign, designed to provide information in multiple formats and encourage study enrolment.
2019 PM360 Pharma Choice Silver Award
ICON's Creative and Digital Services won Silver at the PM360 Pharma Choice Awards for their work on the Merck Bridion® Cost Calculator App.
2019 Scrip Awards
ICON wins Best Contract Research Organisation - Full Service Providers at the annual Scrip Awards 2019. ICON had previously won this award in 2017.
ICON Medical Imaging Receive Partnership of the Year Award
ICON Medical Imaging were recognised for their collaboration in technology at Medidata NEXT NYC 2019.
MarCom Awards 2019
ICON Creative and Digital services is a Platinum Winner, Digital Video Creation - Animation for the Wave Life Sciences Oligonucleotide Mechanism of Action Video
MarCom Awards 2019
ICON Creative and Digital services is a Gold Winner, Strategic Communications Research Study for the Biohaven Pharmaceutical Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Clinical Trial Recruitment
MarCom Awards 2019
ICON Creative and Digital services received Honorable Mention, Strategic Communications Product Launch for the Strategic Communications Product Launch for Sage Therapeutics Zulresso
Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year Award 2019
Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year Award at Pharma Awards Ireland.
2019 Site & Patient Recruitment Innovation Award (SPRIA)
ICON wins the Site Patient Recruitment Innovation Award (SPRIA) - the award recognises sites that utilise strategies to achieve enrollment success. Two of the three finalists were the EMEA (MediNova) and N America (PMG Research) parts of ICON's global site network.
Forbes names ICON one of America’s Best Employers for Women in 2019
ICON recognised in Forbes' 2019 List of America’s Best Employers for Women.
Clinical Researcher of the Year - The Americas 2019
ICON site network, PMG Research win silver at the Site Team of the Year Award
2019 Clinical and Research Excellence (CARE) Awards
ICON won the Clinical Research Team of the Year Award and Best in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Award at the 2019 Clinical and Research Excellence (CARE) Awards.
Forbes names ICON one of the best employers in America
ICON ranked top CRO in anonymous survey of 50,000 employees across 38 sectors.
ICON wins multiple categories in 2019 CRO Leadership Awards
RxClub 2018 Award of Excellence
ICON wins in the Healthcare Provider Website category for creative and digitial services on the Neurocrince INBRACE Support Program.
Pharma Industry Awards 2018
ICON wins 'Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year' for the second time
2018 MarCom Awards
ICON's Creative and Digital team won platinum in the Digital Media category for their redesign of the Managed Care Magazine website at the 2018 MarCom Awards.
GDUSA Health & Wellness Design Award
ICON is awarded a Health & Wellness Design Award from Graphic Design USA for Best Integrated Campaign for its work on a Disease Awareness campaign.
Best CRO Pharmacovigilance Provider 2018
ICON wins at the International Award of Excellence in Pharma awards, hosted in association with the 2018 Pharmacovigilance Europe Congress.
2018 Videographer Award of Distinction
ICON is awarded a Videographer Award by judges from the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals (AMCP). The Award of Distinction is presented for projects that exceed industry standards.
Pharmacovigilance Thought Leader 2018
Miranda Dollen, Vice President, Pharmacovigilance, is recognised at the International Award of Excellence in Pharma Awards, hosted in association with the 2018 Pharmacoviglance Europe Congress.
2018 PM360 ELITE Award
Lee Termini, President, US Market Access & Reimbursement, is recognised as a Transformational Leader for his work in bringing value to market access and reimbursement.
Forbes 2018 America's Best Large Employers
ICON named by Forbes as one of the best employers in America.
2018 CRO Phase IV Leadership (Overall, Big Pharma) Award
ICON awarded CRO Leadership Award by Life Science Leader and ISR, in recognition of specialised real world evidence and late phase services.
PharmaTimes Clinical Researcher of the Year Award 2018
ICON wins the 'Delivering Differently' Company Team of the Year Award
ICON site network, PMG Research win silver at the Site Team of the Year Award
2018 Clinical and Research Excellence (CARE) Awards
2018 Clinical and Research Excellence (CARE) Awards, AMAG and ICON win Clinical Research Team of the Year
Scrip Awards 2017
ICON Wins Best Contract Research Organisation at the annual Scrip Awards 2017.
2017 MarCom Awards
ICON's Creative and Digital team (formerly MediMedia) won gold in the Digital Media Mobile App category for their work on a Patient Support Program at the 2017 MarCom Awards.
2017 Medical Marketing & Media (MM&M) Healthcare Awards
ICON's Creative and Digital team (formerly MediMedia Managed Markets) is awarded gold for the Best Use of Data Analytics at the 2017 Medical Marketing & Media (MM&M) Healthcare Awards.
2017 International eLearning Awards
ICON FIRECREST was awarded gold in the International eLearning Awards in the blended learning category.
2017 Summit International Awards
ICON FIRECREST received a silver award for digital animation at the Summit International Awards.
2017 PharmaTimes International Clinical Researcher of the Year Awards
ICON and Regeneron win Best Partnership in Clinical Research Award from PharmaTimes.
Forbes 2017 America's Best Midsize Employers
ICON named by Forbes as one of the best employers in America.
Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards 2017
ICON awarded 'Best CRO' in Vaccine Development.
2016 PM360 Pharma Choice Awards
ICON's MediMedia Solutions wins the Gold Award at the Pharma Choice Awards.
2016 Business and Finance Awards
ICON wins 'Company of the Year' at 2016 Business & Finance Awards.
Pharma industry Awards 2016
ICON wins ‘Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year’.
eyeforpharma Philadelphia Awards
Pfizer win the 2016 Customer Innovator Award for use of ICON’s Firecrest technology.
International Business awards: the Stevies
ICON wins a bronze award in the category ‘Most Innovative Company of the Year in Europe’.
American Business Awards: the Stevies
ICON’s Innovation team win a first place gold award in the category Media: Internal/Employee Communications for the launch video for Spark, ICON’s innovation crowd sourcing platform.
Annual Communicator Awards
ICON's Firecrest Patient Portal received a Silver Award of Distinction in the website-health category in the 22nd Annual Communicator Awards.
Clinical & Research Excellence Awards 2016
ICON and Pfizer honoured as Clinical Research Team of the Year.
Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards 2016
ICON shortlisted as 'Best CRO' and ICON site network PMG Research shortlisted as 'Best Clinical Trial Site or Network'.
CRO Leadership Awards 2015
ICON recognised as a leading CRO in the Innovation category.
SCRIP Awards 2015
Digital Health Awards
MM&M Awards
InformaticaWorld 2014
Informatica Innovation Award for Improved Decisions Using ICONIK.
CRO Leadership Awards 2014
ICON recognised as a leading CRO in the Innovation, Quality, Productivity and Reliability categories.
Global Awards
Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) Awards 2014
Institute for International Research and Partnerships
Partnership Pioneers of the Year in Clinical Trials 2013.
SCRIP Awards 2011
Blue Pyramid Consulting
William Blair & Company
Pharmatimes Awards
Thomson Centerwatch / William Blair, Sponsor Survey
Frost and Sullivan Best Practice Awards
Lehman Brothers Equity Research
Creative design & digital awards
ICON's in-house creative and digital services team has been consistently recognised as one of the industry's leading design agencies through a number of high-profile industry awards.
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