ICON Public Limited Company (NasdaqGS:ICLR) is look for M&A opportunities. Nigel Clerkin, Chief Financial Officer said, "Our strategy is focused in the near term on a balanced approach to deployment in favor of share repurchases as well as opportunistic M&A execution. We made significant share repurchases in quarter 1, totaling $250 million at an average price of $184 per share.
We plan to remain active in buying back shares, with our total current authorization of $750 million remaining. Additionally, there are a number of M&A opportunities in our pipeline that we are evaluating with the potential for execution within this calendar year".
