Historical DevelopmentICON is a contract research company that focuses on accelerating drug development so that medicines can save lives and improve quality of life. The company was founded in 1990 and was founded by Dr. John Climax and Dr. Ronan Lambe. Originally there were only five employees, but now there are more than 10,000 employees. ICON was founded in Dublin, Ireland, its current headquarters, but has 79 officers in 37 countries. In 1992, the company opened its first overseas office in Winchester, UK. Founded in 1997, DOCS has grown to become the leading staffing provider to the clinical development industry. The company was acquired by ICON in 2007 and was merged with ICON's existing resources division, ICON Contracting Solutions. The merged company is now known as DOCS and functions as the FSP division of ICON. In February 2013, ICON acquired the Clinical Trial Services division of Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., resulting in the integration of ClinForce and Assent within DOCS and expanded DOCS resources and FSP capabilities into clinical, biometrics and M...