1

                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.01

                        CONSENT OF 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
26, 1998, except for Note 3, as to which the date is September 9, 1998, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of Quintiles Transnational
Corp., included in its Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 27, 1999 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Raleigh, North Carolina
February 16, 1999