RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintiles
Transnational Corp. today announced that its Asia Pacific unit has received
three awards for excellence in customer service.
Quintiles received the Multinational Clinical Services Provider of the
Year, Multinational Laboratory Services Provider of the Year and Customer
Service Leadership of the Year awards at the Frost & Sullivan 2007 Asia
Pacific Excellence in Healthcare Award Ceremony held June 8 in Singapore.
Anand Tharmaratnam, Head of Clinical Development, Asia Pacific, and CEO
of Quintiles Southeast Asia, attributed the achievement to the company's
commitment to its employees and to its customers. "We have made a major
effort to become the pharmaceutical employer of choice in the region, and
because of that we have the best team in Asia," Tharmaratnam said. "The
team's goal is to use our expertise and world-class technology and
processes to become the first choice of our customers in all the services
we provide. These three awards are evidence that we are well on the way to
achieving that goal."
Tharmaratnam accepted the award for clinical services. Alan Ong, Vice
President and General Manager for Central Laboratory Services Asia and
Africa, accepted the award for laboratory services. Bhavani Sivalingam,
Head of Project Management, Asia Pacific, accepted the award for customer
service. Frost & Sullivan says the awards "recognize companies and
individuals that have pushed the boundaries of excellence -- rising above
the competition and demonstrating outstanding performance across Asia
Pacific."
Quintiles employs about 1,700 people in 11 Asian countries, focusing on
clinical operations, project management, data management, central
laboratory and ECG services for multinational Phase II-III clinical trials.
About Quintiles
Quintiles Transnational Corp. is powering the next generation of
healthcare by providing a broad range of professional services in drug
development, financial partnering and commercialization for the
pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. With 18,000
employees and offices in more than 50 countries, it is focused on providing
customer- centric solutions that are the gold standard of the industry. For
more information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.quintiles.com.
SOURCE Quintiles Transnational Corp.
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