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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.05


               Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Quintiles
Transnational Corp. for the registration of 30,717,729 shares of its common
stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated January
29, 1999, with respect to the financial statements of ENVOY Corporation included
in Quintiles Transnational Corp.'s Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about February 16, 1999.

                                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
February 16, 1999