Exhibit 99.2

                 QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection with the Quarterly Report of Quintiles Transnational Corp. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
James L. Bierman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge that:

(1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.


                                            /s/ James L. Bierman
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                                            James L. Bierman
                                            Executive Vice President and
                                            Chief Financial Officer

                                            November 14, 2002
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