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NovaQuest Receives Lilly's Highest Honor for Sustained Flawless Execution of Business-Critical Operations

  Receives 'Global Sustained Supplier Award' from CEO John Lechleiter for
                 strategic contributions to Lilly's success

    RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- NovaQuest, the
managed partnership group of Quintiles Transnational Corp., has received
Eli Lilly and Company's highest award for its "flawless execution" over
four years in helping Lilly achieve strategic and operational objectives
vital to its business success.

    In honoring NovaQuest with its "2008 Lilly Global Sustained Supplier
Award," Lilly cited NovaQuest's ability to create, manage and execute
strategic partnerships that have helped Lilly meet critical corporate
priorities. Lilly CEO John Lechleiter presented the award to NovaQuest
President Ron Wooten.

    "We are proud to have received this award, which recognizes the ongoing
success Lilly and NovaQuest have achieved since our initial partnership in
2004 to co-promote Cymbalta(R), Lilly's blockbuster treatment for
depression, in the United States," said Wooten, who also is Executive Vice
President of Quintiles Transnational.

    "Success breeds trust, and we are proud of our role in helping Lilly
transform its business model to deliver better patient outcomes. We look
forward to continued mutually beneficial successes in both
commercialization and development."

    NovaQuest is the partner of choice for pharmaceutical and biotechnology
companies seeking to overcome challenges stifling their product
development, commercialization and financial goals. The managed partnership
group of Quintiles Transnational, NovaQuest uniquely offers accelerated
pipeline development, flexible resourcing, new capital streams and access
to senior-level expertise. Since 2000, NovaQuest has created more than 80
managed partnerships with $2.7 billion committed to helping its partners
accelerate their strategy and transform their businesses to reach new
heights of success. For more information, please visit http://www.novaquest.com



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