- Icon plc (NASDAQ:ICLR) said it won HSR approval for its planned purchase of PRA Health (NASDAQ:PRAH).
- Icon confirmed winning regulatory approval for the PRA deal in an email to Seeking Alpha. The HSR deadline expired for the deal expired yesterday.
- Earlier today Icon peer PPD (NASDAQ:PPD) agreed to a sale of the contract research organization to Thermo Fisher (NYSE:TMO) for about $17B. CRO peer Syneos Health (NASDAQ:SYNH), which Reuters in May was exploring a sale, rose 7.9% on the PPD/TMO news.