ICON has received industry accreditations for three of its laboratories. The company’s bioanalytical lab in Manchester, UK received GCP and GLP accreditation from the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency), covering bioanalysis of small molecules by mass spectrometry and large molecules by immunoassay techniques. In addition, ICON’s clinical pathology lab in Manchester has received GCP accreditation.
Also, ICON’s Central Lab in Singapore has received NGSP (National Glycohemoglobin Standardisation Program) Level I Certificate of Traceability for successfully completing bias testing using specific methods and instrumentation, reagent lots and calibrator lots. ICON now has NGSP Level I Certified labs in Farmingdale, NY, Dublin, Ireland, Singapore and Bangalore, India.
Peter Gray, ICON’s chief executive officer, said, “We pride ourselves on the strength of our science and the quality and reliability of our lab testing. Having a global network of industry-accredited labs provides clients with the reassurance that their samples will be tested according to the highest industry standards and techniques which in turn will deliver quality results.”
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