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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.02

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of
Quintiles Transnational Corp. ("Quintiles") on Form S-4, with respect to the
proposed Quintiles and ENVOY merger, of our report dated May 15, 1996, on our
audits of the consolidated financial statements of BRI International, Inc. as of
November 30, 1995 and 1994, and for the years then ended, which report is
included as an exhibit to Quintiles' Current Report on Form 8-K dated January
27, 1999.


                                          /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


McLean, Virginia
February 16, 1999