ICON Central Laboratories in Singapore Moves to New Facility to Meet Growing Demand
26 Junho 2009 - 5:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
DUBLIN, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Singapore Laboratory
Testing Increases by 149% in Past Six Months ICON plc
(NASDAQ:ICLR:NASDAQ:ISIN:NASDAQ:IE0005711209), a global provider of
outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical,
biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced that
it has moved its Singapore central laboratory to a new, larger
facility located at Loyang Way, Eastern Singapore. The new
laboratory meets the growth in demand for ICON Central
Laboratories' services in Singapore, which has increased by 149%
over the past six months. The larger facility also enables ICON
Central Laboratories to expand its test menu offerings in the
region to include increased esoteric testing as well as flow
cytometry, molecular diagnostics and biomarkers, to complement the
services of ICON's other wholly-owned central laboratories in
Europe, India and the United States. "As ICON celebrates its tenth
year of operation in Singapore, our move to a larger laboratory
signals our continued commitment to the region," commented Bob
Scott-Edwards, President, ICON Central Laboratories. "Singapore has
become a regional hub for drug development in Asia-Pacific and we
now have the capacity, the range of testing services and, above
all, a highly experienced team of lab professionals to support the
growth of clinical trials in the region." ICON Central Laboratories
Singapore supports all major therapeutic areas, including
cardiovascular, oncology, endocrinology and metabolism, and
virology. The laboratory serves as a regional hub for test samples
from Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore,
Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, China and Indonesia. ICON
Central Laboratories Singapore received CAP (College of American
Pathologists) accreditation in March 2009, ensuring the highest
standards of excellence in laboratory services. About ICON Central
Laboratories ICON Central Laboratories, a division of ICON plc,
provides full service, global central laboratory services from core
facilities in New York, Dublin, Singapore and India, as well as
through quality affiliate laboratories in China and Japan. An
extensive test menu of safety, esoteric and custom-developed
assays, including global flow cytometry, is complemented by
dedicated, sponsor-specific project teams and a single,
comprehensive database for each study as well as a user-friendly,
web-based, secure remote data access system. ICON Central
Laboratories also offers a unique service to manage and compile
laboratory data when a client's study requires the use of local
laboratories. ICON/ICLR-G For more information, visit
http://www.icolabs.com/. US contact: Courtney Judd +1-212-445-8365
UK contact: Erika Aalto +44(0)20-706-70-214 DATASOURCE: ICON plc
CONTACT: US contact: Courtney Judd, +1-212-445-8365; UK contact:
Erika Aalto, +44(0)20-706-70-214
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