As previously announced, Dr John Hubbard joined us as COO of our US operations in October. On January 3, Dr Thomas Frey joined us as Vice-President of European Clinical Operations. Dr Frey was previously with HMR in Germany as Head of Clinical Development. Also on January 3, Edward Caffrey was hired as Senior Vice-President of ICON Laboratories. Prior to joining ICON, Mr Caffrey held several senior positions with Covance including, most recently, Divisional Vice-President of Clinical Operations.
ICON provides contract clinical research services to the pharmaceutical industry world-wide.
The company currently has 14 offices in 10 countries and over 800 employees world-wide. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially including, without limitation, actual operating performance, the ability to maintain large client contracts or enter into new contracts, the ability to manage the opening of new offices, and the ability to maintain client relationships.