Icon acquires Mapi Group, ups financial guidances

By Melissa Fassbender

- Last updated on GMT

(Image: iStock/Kritchanut)
(Image: iStock/Kritchanut)
Icon plc is expanding its commercialization offerings through its has acquisition of Mapi Group, a global research company.

The Mapi Group was founded in 1974 and provides real-world evidence, strategic regulatory services, pharmacovigilance, market access, and language services to support commercialization.

Through the acquisition, Icon will also have access to Mapi Research Trust, a non-profit that provides outcomes research globally.

Per the company’s website, the Trust features more than 4,000 clinical outcomes assessments (COA), more than 40,000 COA translations, and a research library with more than 29,000 COAs.

Dr. Steve Cutler, Icon CEO commented in the press release: “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 set​s.”

Following the acquisition, Icon has increased its earnings and revenue guidances.

According to the company’s earnings results, also published today, the earnings guidance has been increased from a range of $5.06 - $5.26bn to $5.18 - $5.38bn. Revenue guidance increased from a range of $1.70 - $1.75bn to $1.74 - $1.77bn.

Icon reported gross business wins of $649m in the second quarter and cancelations of $86m, which resulted in net business wins of $563 million and a net book to bill of 1.31.

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