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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
Tom Fuldner, Media Relations
media.info@quintiles.com
919-998-2000

INNOVEX'S WEB PORTAL TO PROVIDE EBM-SOLUTIONS' EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES AND TOOLS
PARSIPPANY, N.J. and NASHVILLE, TN. - June 4, 2002 - Innovex, a commercialization unit of Quintiles Transnational (Nasdaq: QTRN), today announced that they have entered an agreement to distribute EBM Solutions' medical guidelines on iQLearning.com, Innovex's Internet service portal. EBM Solutions is a leading provider of evidence-based guidelines and care management applications. iQLearning.com provides a broad range of health care information resources and services to nearly 70,000 physicians in the United States.

Ten of EBM Solutions' evidence-based clinical guidelines, including asthma, diabetes and breast cancer, will be available to physicians registered with iQLearning.com in electronic format (HTML). These information resources are for use by physicians to assist in identification and treatment of disease.

"Our evidence-based guidelines and tools give physicians valuable additional resources to help assure patient safety and quality care," said Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of EBM Solutions. "We are pleased to make these important resources available to physicians through iQLearning.com."

Scott Clark, Vice President, Innovex eHealth Solutions Group, said "The inclusion of these guidelines demonstrates our continuing commitment to making iQLearning.com the portal of choice for physicians seeking a full range of medical services in a secure, online environment."

Physicians registered with iQLearning can participate in live medical meetings, enroll in continuing medical education courses, request product samples, obtain product-specific medical information or "e-detailing," access e-mail and review comprehensive information on drug indications, dosages and interactions.

About Innovex
Innovex, a unit of Quintiles Transnational Corp. (Nasdaq: QTRN), is the world's leading commercial solutions provider and offers sales and marketing services designed to accelerate the success of pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device products. For more information, visit www.innovex.com.

Quintiles Transnational helps improve healthcare worldwide by providing a broad range of professional services, information and partnering solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. Headquartered near Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Quintiles is a member of the S&P 500 and Fortune 1000. For more information visit the company's Web site at www.quintiles.com.

About EBM Solutions
EBM Solutions is the nation's leading provider of evidence-based guidelines and care management tools used by payers, health systems and medical groups to manage patient adherence. EBM Solutions' approach to care management features a comprehensive set of more than 100 guidelines used to facilitate patient monitoring via alerts, reminders, self-care tools and surveys from their physician. EBM Solutions licenses its care management platform in an ASP model application (EBMpact) facilitating interaction between physicians and patients, and its evidence-based content (EBMdesktop) in several formats. EBM Solutions was founded in 1999 by six of the nation's leading academic medical centers and private investors seeking to improve the effectiveness of healthcare delivery by empowering consumers and their providers to make informed judgments using evidence-based medicine. For more information visit www.ebmsoluitons.com.