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                                                            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 5,122,623 shares of its common stock
and 2,561,312 contingent value payments 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