Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 17, 2000

John Climax – Icon Clinical Research Plc (iclr)

DR. JOHN CLIMAX, one of the company's co-founders, has served as a Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company and its subsidiaries since June 1990. Dr. Climax has over 16 years' experience in the contract research industry in both Europe and the United States. Dr. Climax received his primary degree in pharmacy in 1977 from the University of Singapore, his Masters in Applied Pharmacology in 1979 from the University of Wales and his PhD in Pharmacology from the National University of Ireland in 1982. Dr. Climax is married with three children. Profile
TWST: Let's start out by your giving us a brief overview of ICON plc the

company's history, services, customers, those kinds of things.

Dr. Climax: We were founded in 1990. The initial