Exhibit 99.04

                 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 Annual Report of Quintiles Transnational Corp.
(the "Company") on Form 10-K, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A, for
the year ended December 31, 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

                                       April 29, 2003
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