Icon profits up 47% in third quarter

Icon, Ireland's largest provider of clinical research, said third-quarter profit increased 47 per cent, boosted by new contracts…

Icon, Ireland's largest provider of clinical research, said third-quarter profit increased 47 per cent, boosted by new contracts.

Net income rose to $21.4 million, or 35 cents a share, from $14.5 million, or 24 cents, a year earlier, the Dublin-based company said in a statement.

Sales advanced 35 per cent to $313.6 million.

Bloomberg

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