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About clinical trials

New, better medicines are constantly being developed. This gives patients who need those medicines a better life. Before patients can take a new medicine, it must be researched extensively. That is what we do with clinical trials.

A clinical trial is a study of new or improved medications. Before a medication is marketed, it is researched extensively. That is what we do at ICON.

From acetaminophen to prescribed medicines: everyone takes medication sometimes. A great deal of research is needed for the development of new or better medicines. As a participant in a clinical trial, you help develop new or better medicines.

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ICON specializes in clinical trials. Together with our participants, we research new or improved medicines. When you participate in a clinical trial, you make a key contribution to the development of medications. That is crucial to us all, but even more so to patients who rely on medicines.

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By participating in clinical trial, I contribute to the development of new medications and a better quality of life for patients. At the same time, I receive a nice compensation myself.

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At ICON, your safety always comes first. During a trial, you are monitored very closely by our specially trained doctors and nurses. We tell you everything we are going to do, how we are going to do it and which side effects could potentially occur.

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