M&A Deal Summary

ICON Acquires Barton & Polansky Associates

On October 7, 2002, ICON acquired life science company Barton & Polansky Associates

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ICON’s 3rd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is ICON’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is ICON’s 3rd transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2002-10-07
Target Barton & Polansky Associates
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) ICON
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Barton & Polansky Associates

New York, New York, United States
Barton & Polansky Associates, Inc. is a specialist in clinical research services for immunosuppressant drugs, including those used to treat transplant patients.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ICON

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Life Science
Employees41,100
Revenue 8.1B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

ICON is a global provider of outsourced development 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. ICON was founded in 1990 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 29
Sector (Life Science) 3 of 16
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 25
State (New York) 3 of 4
Country (United States) 4 of 18
Year (2002) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-10-07 Managed Clinical Solutions

New York, New York, United States

Managed Clinical Solutions, Inc. is a provider of contract staffing solutions to the pharmaceutical research industry.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-01-24 Medeval Group

United Kingdom

Medeval Group Ltd. is a UK clinical pharmacology group providing Phase I and bioanalytical services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Medeval is a specialist provider of Phase I clinical trials, with a strong bias toward the execution of “First-in-man” studies.

Buy $16M