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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 Pharmaceutical Marketing Services Inc. 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